> when creating a stored procedure why is it that sometimes
> you write

> AS
> DECLARE VAR1 INTEGER;
> BEGIN

> and other times you write it

> AS
> DECLARE VARIABLE VAR1 INTEGER;
> BEGIN

The VARIABLE keyword in such declarations become optional
in FB 1.5. See the release notes for details.

Either syntax is valid for 1.5, only the latter syntax is valid
for earlier versions. Me, I like the short version.

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Geoff Worboys
Telesis Computing