Thank you all for your input I will try my best to get these variables to work in a normal sql session.

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Milan Babuskov <milanb@...> wrote:
>
> Uwe wrote:
> > I have a very simple problem which I can't resolve.
> >
> > How do you declare a variable in Firebird WI-V2.50.26074 Firebird 2.5 on Windows 7 64bit ?
> >
> > I try the following statement in Flamerobin
> >
> >
> > DECLARE variable myvar integer;
>
> You need to wrap this into PSQL construct like stored procedure, trigger
> or EXECUTE BLOCK.
>
> set term !! ;
>
> EXECUTE BLOCK AS
> DECLARE VARIABLE mvvar INTEGER;
> BEGIN
> ... do something
> END !!
>
> --
> Milan Babuskov
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