[EpiData-list] Temporary variable

Dear all,

I have a relational data base and I want to create a temporary variable in Epidata with the command below:

BEFORE FILE DEFINE nameTemp <A > GLOBAL END

but I get the error message beleow:

Illegal scope in DEFINE command. Use GLOBAL or CUMULATIVE in line 364: DEFINE nameTemp <A > GLOBAL

What am I missing?

Walter