Helen,

>> So initialise the return variables inside the SP so that they
>> return something you will recognise as "No result"

That's what I meant by "Am I suppose to check against the initialized values
for a change ?"

Thanks again. Yes, our air-con is dead so I hope it is fixed tomorrow :(

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