At 11:43 AM 28/03/2004 -0700, you wrote:

>maybe
>
>| create procedure test
>| returns (TOT integer)
>| as
>| begin
>| select count(*) from main_property
>| into :tot;
>suspend;
>| end

Wait, wait...
You don't need (and shouldn't use) SUSPEND for procs that only return a
single set of results. SUSPEND is for selectable SPs and then only those
that loop through a cursor and return multiple rows.

You can do SELECT TOT FROM TEST with a single-result SP.
Or you can EXECUTE TEST.

The trick is to read the Fields array *in both cases*. IBO passes
parameters and receives fields...

Helen