Jason,

> "Returning" is already a feature of BLR that just needs to be "plumbed" via
> SQL in the BLR-to-DSQL layer. It already is in the engine.

That's great.

> Perhaps you missed that part of my post.

It must have been an implicit part; I have actually missed it. :-)
For the rest, I couldn't agree more.

> EXECUTE PROCEDURE some_proc ( acol, acol, acol, ... )
> SELECT ( acol, acol, acol, ... )

Seems like a good idea.
Ciao
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