Try it using private variables and my BEGIN/END syntax.

>Mark, we use the 'p' prefix in scoping for 'P'arameters. We never use 'Private' variables.
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>* These values are just for testing.
>LOCAL lnEmpHireNo, lnTypeNo, ldCurrDate
>lnEmpHireNo = 2       && This will be the value of an OptionGroup
>lnTypeNo    = 3       && This will be the value of an OptionGroup
>ldCurrDate  = DATE()  && This will be the value of a TextBox
>
>lcSqlStatement = "{call Get_Emp_Combo_List.ReturnEmpComboList(?lnEmpHireNo, ?lnTypeNo, ?ldCurrDate)}"
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>lnConHndl = sqlexec(lnSatHandle, lcSqlStatement, 'test_cursor')
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>
>HTH
>Mike