Specifying the data type

The data type is defined in the TYPE operand of the DECLARE-PARAMETER command. The same data types apply for procedure parameters as for variables: *ANY, *STRING, *INTEGER and *BOOLEAN. The data type that is set here must be taken into account when passing parameters and when assigning an initial value.
If TYPE = *ANY is specified, then the parameter value will be interpreted as *STRING, regardless of whether it is specified with or without apostrophes in the call.