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compound_statement
	: '{' statement_list '}'
	;

statement_list
   	: statement_in_cs
	| statement_list statement_in_cs
	;

statement_in_cs
	: local_declaration ';'
	| compound_statement
	| routine_statement ';'
	| control_statement
	| label ':' statement
	;

statement
	: routine_statement ';'
	| control_statement
	| compound_statement
	;

local_declaration
	: cursor_def
	| variable_declaration
	| handler_declaration
	;

variable_declaration
	: DECLARE variable_list data_type
	;

variable_list
	: NAME
	| variable_list ',' NAME
	;

The compound statement is the main building block of procedures. Statements in a compound statement are executed left to right, unless the flow of control is changed with a goto statement. The compound statement allows declaring local variables and exception handlers. See 'Scope Rules' above for a description of the scope of declarations.

Labeled statements (goto targets) and declarations can only occur within a compound statement.