DECLARE stm STATEMENT;

when I declare the above statement in the following STORED PROCEDURE
it complains with the following error...please help

DB2DEV.PROCEDURE_LOGIAL: 36: [IBM][CLI Driver][DB2/NT] SQL0104N An unexpected token "<statement declaration>" was found following "". Expected tokens may include: "<SQL statement>". LINE NUMBER=36. SQLSTATE=42601


CREATE PROCEDURE DB2DEV.PROCEDURE_LOGIAL
(IN P_CLIENT_CD CHARACTER(5),
IN P_PROVIDER_ID VARCHAR(20),
IN P_ADDRESS_TYPE_CD VARCHAR(10)
)
SPECIFIC DB2DEV.PROCEDURE_LOGIAL
LANGUAGE SQL
NOT DETERMINISTIC
CALLED ON NULL INPUT
MODIFIES SQL DATA
INHERIT SPECIAL REGISTERS
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- SQL Stored Procedure
------------------------------------------------------------------------
P1: BEGIN

-- DECLARE VARIABLES
DECLARE p_v_source_type_cd VARCHAR(40);
DECLARE v_update_master SMALLINT; -- FLAG THAT INDICATES IF MASTER TABLE SHOULD BE UPDATED (1 - UPDATE PERFORMED, 0 - NO UPDATE PERFORMED)

DECLARE s_address_line1 VARCHAR(40);
DECLARE s_address_line2 VARCHAR(40);
DECLARE ret VARCHAR(10);
DECLARE stm STATEMENT;

sorry guys , I made a mistake above it...I could resolve it.

thanks