At 12:37 PM 9/07/2004 -0300, you wrote:

>Contantijn, first, thanks for your help.
>
>But, I have one more question.
>
>You said I don't need to include "RETURNING_VALUES :Rows_Aff"
>in the TIB_DSQL.

You must not include it. It is not valid in DSQL.

>How the DSQL will know that "Rows_aff" is outputparameter,
>when I will call it in the FieldByName property?

IBO gets the details about the input and return parameters from the server,
when Prepare is called. A prepared statement will have arrays of Params[]
and Fields[], as applicable.

Helen