>>2) bracket the whole thing with calls to sys(2336,1), SPROC_ACTION, sys(2336,2).
>> This is just to scratch the above itch.

Upps, Sys(2236) is not explicitly listed as one of the functions supported by OLEDB,
but there is no list of unsupported sys() calls. Might just be undocumented.

OTOH Declare dll is listed as unsupported - so no way of defining critical sections via WINAPI.

sigh...

thomas