can i use locate in procedure

[ssparvathaneni]

i try to write a stored procedure to update a table having
text field as shown billow

create procedure tdup()
define vfile BYTE;
locate vfile in file "testlo"
update ss set ss2 = vfile where ss1 = 9
end procedure;

ss is my table and ss2 is text data type field and ss1 is numaric.

and i don't have the CSDK so i can use only dbaccess,thats the reasion i writen this procedure.
thanks