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> Thanks Tim and Ann for your thoughts.
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> I don't quite understand how to make EXECUTE work for me. Perhaps you
> could mention some kind of basic example to get me going.
>

...in post number 60,584 I've just seen an example of an SQL statement
'on the fly' and using 'EXECUTE STATEMENT' on it , so I have enough to
get me going ... Please disregard my previous reply (although if there
is a solution to using a string as an input for a FOR SELECT...DO
stored procedure I'd love to understand it!)

Will