Helen,

I don't think you can use
OUTPUT = OUTPUT || EXECUTE (....
since EXECUTE doesn't seem to return any results
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> >OUTPUT = OUTPUT || SUBSTRING(INPUT FROM 2);
> >works, but of course doesn't render the desired results.
> >
> >Any idea's ?
>
> As currently implemented, the substring function needs constants as
> arguments. However, you can achieve what you want with EXECUTE STATEMENT
> (documentation in release notes!)
>