Dynamically creating a view

Hello all,

I have a situation where we have a view that I set up using the SQL script editor in ACS that we want to incorporate into a program and give it dynamic parameters. This is a report that we run monthly, so we have a "from period" and a "to period" that need to change each month when it's run. I've tried embedding it in an RPG program, complete with the DROP and CREATE statements for the view. I keep running up against a wall trying to add in the parameters for the periods, though. The SQL pre-compiler doesn't seem to like it when I try to use the fields with the colon before them, as in :FROMPERIOD and :TOPERIOD, and it also doesn't like it when I don't have the colons in there. I've tried defining the periods in a database file and also as work fields within the program. When I don't have the colons, the program runs, but gives an error that it doesn't find the period fields.

At this point I'm falling back to regroup and wondering if I'm setting this up the right way. Would it be better/more elegant to set up an SQL script in a source file and use RUNSQLSTM to do it? Or is there a third, better option that I'm not thinking of? All input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Bill