You should avoid declaring a cursor inside a ``++PERFORM++`` statement because doing so could impact performance. It could also lead to unexpected behavior if the opening and closing of the cursor are not defined in the same loop.


== Noncompliant Code Example

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  PERFORM UNTIL (NOT DA-OK) OR (Y00CIA-CD-RET-PGM = ZERO)
    EXEC SQL  DECLARE C2 CURSOR FOR
      SELECT DEPTNO, DEPTNAME, MGRNO FROM DEPARTMENT WHERE ADMRDEPT = 'A00'
    END-EXEC
  END-PERFORM.
----

