Not able to create stored procedure in DB2

Question

I am trying to create a stored procedure in DB2 using IBM DB2 Cloud. I am getting the error as:

An Unexpected token 'END-OF-STATEMENT' was found following "".

Detail about the error is seen in the screenshot below.

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CREATE PROCEDURE trial_pro(in msg varchar(100))
language sql;
BEGIN
    insert into collision values(msg);;
END

Answer 1

First of all:

• There ";" behind language sql is wrong.
• Two ";" after the line with the insert do not make sense and do not match with the screenshot.

In addition to that: While ";" is the statement terminator inside your stored procedure make sure to choose (configure) another one for the (outer) create procedure statement. Usually the tools you run the SQLs offer a option to change it.

Answer 2

You must change the default statement terminator ( ; ) if you use a compound statement.
In the DSM console you can do it either temporarily for some particular statement:

--#SET TERMINATOR @
CREATE PROCEDURE trial_pro(in msg varchar(100))
language sql
BEGIN
    insert into collision values(msg);
END@
--#SET TERMINATOR ;

or set it by default with:

Editor options (gear icon at the top right corner) -> Statement terminator -> @