Passing parameters to QUERY/400

[Mordechai Gluck <MGLUCK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi to all,

Here is my problem. I have a query that does record selection based on a
RANGE of values which always has to be changed by the user.  I would like to
automate the selection by running this job in batch called by a weekly pgm
which will automatically change the values based on certain conditions and
pass it to  the query. So I tried using the following code.

PGM        PARM(&IT1  &IT2  )                       
DCL        VAR(&IT1  )  TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(4 )         
DCL        VAR(&IT2  )  TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(4 )         
                                                    
STRQMQRY   QMQRY(MGLUCK/BLANCA2) ALWQRYDFN(*ONLY) + 
             SETVAR((IT1   &IT1  ) (IT2   &IT2  ))  
 
but the SQL engine isn't satisfied with a character field using RANGE as the
operator.  
This is the message I'm getting. - 
Message ID . . . . . . :   SQL0401       Severity . . . . . . . :   30     
Message type . . . . . :   Diagnostic
Message . . . . :   Comparison operator BETWEEN operands not compatible.

I tried the record selection with = operator  and it works. 
 
Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Mordy Gluck

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