If you use the PARAMETER COLONS clause, all parameter names must begin with a colon (:). This is valid in context files for module language only. This rule applies to both declarations and references of module language procedure parameters. If you do not use this clause, no parameter name can begin with a colon. The current default behavior is no colons are used. However, this default is deprecated syntax. In the future, required colons will be the default because it allows processing of ANSI/ISO SQL standard modules. Use the PARAMETER COLONS clause, rather than the SQLOPTIONS deprecated in a future release.