I would need you to post your Stored Proc code before I could tell you what the problem is.

>Hi Mark,
>
>I want to return a string, like 'Update successful.' from my Oracle stored procedure. I saw the plsql code in the message #631727.
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>I had a look at the thread you mentioned below. My clients are using the MS Oracle ODBC driver.
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>I tried the ReturnCursor procedure that you and Larry talked about in other messages. I got the following odbc error message:
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>Connectivity error: [Microsoft][ODBC driver for Oracle][Oracle]ORA-06550: line 1, column 53:
>PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "OUT" when expecting one of the following:
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> . ( ) , * @ % & | = - + < / > at in mod not range rem => ..
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>*********************************************
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>Am I out of luck??

Mark McCasland
Midlothian, TX USA