>>STATION_ID = P_STATION
>>
>>or #SET STATION_ID = P_STATION
>
>Yes that is exactly how we set the environment variable.
>Do you know for a fact that p_station doesn't work under W2K?

I do not know this to be a fact, I am just guessing because I no longer do it this way. I also do not have Supervisory access to a Novell server to test.

>Do you know how to set an environment variable at runtime?
>set myvar = einar works but when I open a new dos command prompt it is not in the list after I issue the set command.

In the old days, this had to be done in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. In Novell, it does have to be done in the login script. Otherwise, any env variable set during a command session initiated after bootup/login gets released as soon as you exit the command session. I seem to recall there may have been a utility that would do this after bootup thought. What is is called or where you could get, I have no idea.