Dynamic Cursor/ Dynamic SQL Statement

I've looked up Books Online on Dynamic Cursor/ Dynamic SQL Statement.

Using the examples given in Books Online returns compilation errors. See below.

Does anyone know how to use Dynamic Cursor/ Dynamic SQL Statement?

James



-- SQL ---------------

EXEC SQL BEGIN DECLARE SECTION;
char szCommand[] = "SELECT au_fname FROM authors WHERE au_lname = ?";
char szLastName[] = "White";
char szFirstName[30];
EXEC SQL END DECLARE SECTION;

EXEC SQL
DECLARE author_cursor CURSOR FOR select_statement;

EXEC SQL
PREPARE select_statement FROM :szCommand;

EXEC SQL OPEN author_cursor USING :szLastName;
EXEC SQL FETCH author_cursor INTO :szFirstName;



--Error--------------------
Server: Msg 170, Level 15, State 1, Line 23
Line 23: Incorrect syntax near ';'.
Server: Msg 1038, Level 15, State 1, Line 24
Cannot use empty object or column names. Use a single space if necessary.
Server: Msg 1038, Level 15, State 1, Line 25
Cannot use empty object or column names. Use a single space if necessary.
Server: Msg 170, Level 15, State 1, Line 27
Line 27: Incorrect syntax near ';'.
Server: Msg 170, Level 15, State 1, Line 30
Line 30: Incorrect syntax near 'select_statement'.
Server: Msg 170, Level 15, State 1, Line 33
Line 33: Incorrect syntax near 'select_statement'.
Server: Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 35
Incorrect syntax near 'author_cursor'.
Server: Msg 170, Level 15, State 1, Line 36
Line 36: Incorrect syntax near ':'.