Nancy,
Thank you for the explanation. And sorry for delay in replying, I am on vacation this week, just checking email.
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>>I have never used VFP syntax PROCEDURE ... as String. I am still using VFP 6. This must be a new feature in VFP 8. But I will check it out.
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>New in 7, actually. It's not necessary for what you're doing with the stored procedure. (Just in case you were worried you needed it.)
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