Just to add some comments to Sergey's info, COM's pretty easy to do on SQL Server. As the SQL Server BOL code shows, error checking is most of the code. We're starting to use it so SQL Server stored procs can get data from and call stored procs in other backends, i.e.,non-Windows databases. To do that stuff, you just have to make sure you have the right drivers installed on the server, etc.

Gary

>Is it possible to instantiate a COM object in a stored procedure and call
>functions in it?
>
>If so, can someone point the way...?
>
>Thanks