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Old 06-05-2008
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sqlrow=$(db2 +c -x fetch from c1 )
No variable in here => no expansion will take place. Maybe your example is too short? Do you in reality have something like "x=$(db2 $var fetch from c1)"? In this case surround $var with quotes.