Creating host variables in QTEMP using RSS

Seems I learn something new every day in SQL / RSS. Today, I discovered I can do this in a script:

create variable dbale/testvar varchar(30);
set testvar = 'PRD09A';
select * from ACXDSPPRB where Server = testvar ;

Originally, I had a colon in front of testvar on the select statement, but RSS prompted me for a value instead of using the value I set in the prior statement. It would be nice if I could use the colon so that I can easily copy the statement into RPG and not have to remember to prefix all host variables with ':' after I paste it into the RPG source. I'm guessing there's no way around this, but I would love to be surprised.

Also, IBM explicitly prohibits creating a variable in QTEMP. Bleahh. This would be extremely useful for RSS scripts that are used by multiple people simultaneously. Can anyone think of a reason why this shouldn't be allowed, at least for RSS scripts? If I don't hear any reasonable objections, I'll create an idea for it.

- Dan Bale
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