Hi Alan,

did you try this:

CREATE PROCEDURE GET_top_ten_1
RETURNS
(
nox1 numeric (9,2)
)
AS
begin
for select
First 1 nox
from releases
order by 1 desc
into :nox1
do
suspend;
end

Stefan

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> Gesendet: Samstag, 30. Juli 2005 08:27
> An: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> Betreff: [firebird-support] problem using SELECT FIRST N in SP
>
> Hi All - can anyone help with this? I want to select the top
> n from a table which works no problem using a select
> statement, but fails inside an SP
>
> This works with a single value
>
> CREATE PROCEDURE GET_top_ten_1
> RETURNS
> (
> nox1 numeric (9,2)
> )
> AS
> begin
> for select
> First 1 nox
> from releases
> order by nox desc
> into :nox1
> do
> suspend;
> end
>
> This version fails the compile but works fine as a sql
> statement This is the error message...
> Dynamic SQL Error
> SQL error code = -313
> count of column list and variable list do not match
>
> CREATE PROCEDURE GET_top_ten_2
> RETURNS
> (
> nox1 numeric (9,2),
> nox2 numeric (9,2)
> )
> AS
> begin
> for select
> First 2 nox
> from releases
> order by nox desc
> into :nox1,:nox2
> do
> suspend;
> end
>
>
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