SPL Warnings in listfile

Is there any way to clearly indicate to the stroed procedure compiler that I am already aware that I am using variables within a SQL statement. I get a number of compile warnings on statements like: SELECT count (*) INTO num_records FROM customer WHERE customer.id = cust_id; Warning: cust_id is a variable, not a column I have tried prefixing the variable with ':', '$', and '.', but they all generate a syntax error. I know that these are merely warnings, and the code (if syntactically correct) will work fine. However, I believe that there should be a way to write code in a clear enough way that there is no doubt that the code is doing precisely what the programmer's intented. Any question raised by a compiler (or human) along the lines of "This might not do what you think it does" ought to be addressed by clearer code. I just don't know how to write SPL code clear enough (to the compiler) that states "I am aware that X is a variable, because the variable X is precisely what I want. If my tables happen to have a column named X, I still prefer to use the variable X." Paul Kapp ----> PLKapp@aol.com -OR- plk@interactive.visa.com