> can I define connection-global variables within a ODBC connection ? Temp table, containing only 1 row, one column per variable. If you so wish, wrap it up in stored procedures for creating, setting, and accessing. -- Scott Ribe scott_ribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.killerbytes.com/ (303) 722-0567 voice ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly