isCOBOL Evolve : Language Reference : Embedded SQL Statements : VALUES INTO
VALUES INTO
The VALUES INTO statement assigns one or more values to host variables.
EXEC SQL [ AT Database ]
 
VALUES { Expression, ... }  INTO Host-Variable, ... 
       { NULL, ...       }
 
END-EXEC
Syntax rules
1. This statement is currently supported only on the IBM DB2 database and requires the -csdb2 compiler option.
2. Expression specifies a value and can take a number of different forms. It can be a constant value, a special register, an arithmetic calculation, a function, etcetera...
3. Host-Variable is a host variable.
4. NULL can only be specified for host variables that have an associated indicator variable.
General rules
1. Database identifies the active connection that will execute the query and must be previously defined using a Format 4 DECLARE statement. By default, when the AT clause is used, the active connection is switched to the connection identified by Database and all the next statements will work on that connection; under the -csora option, instead, the connection is switched only for the current statement.
2. The value of each Expression is stored in the corresponding host Host-Variable.
Examples
Assign the value of the CURRENT PATH special register to host variable HV1.
exec sql 
     values(current path)
       into :hv1
end-exec.