At 12:07 PM 16/10/2003 +0100, you wrote:

>Thank you, Milan
>
>Though it did require 'select * from org_chart' to work.
>
>However, even though it works, it isn't exactly intuitive, as that is also
>the way one would request information from a view.

Actually (off-topic for php, I know) but the "selectable stored procedure"
in Firebird can be considered rather like a "programmable view". It's an
implementation that you will grow to love if you stick around Firebird.

>I'm too used to SQLServer, I guess!

I had the misfortune to spend two years developing with SQLServer. How I
missed my SSPs!! SQL a la Microsoft is one kind of "intuition" you could
easily lose without detriment to your health.

Helen