Helen,

>>execute procedure P_BROKER_ID
>> returning_values( N );

H> EXECUTE PROCEDURE is a DSQL call, so the reference to the variable
H> requires a colon prefix:

works fine both with and without colon. The compiler is forgiving in
non-ambiguous cases.

Ciao
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Nando Dessena
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