In article <003b01c43477$cb35f4c0$0400a8c0@diego>, DataCom - Diego wrote:

> sorry for the silly question, but are stored procedures portable to other
> databases?

No they are not in code, but usually in principle

> If not, wouldnt it be better to find a "SQL-standard" solution?

I don't think there is one for your requirement

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