Try: SELECT INTO RS ID FROM CUSTOMER WHERE FIRSTNAME LIKE KEYWORD || ''%'' LIMIT 1;
You append KEYWORD and a '%' together using ||. You need to use doubled quotes inside the quoted environment; one gets stripped off so that the stored procedure will contain the query SELECT INTO RS ID FROM CUSTOMER WHERE FIRSTNAME LIKE KEYWORD || '%'' LIMIT 1; -- let name="cbbrowne" and tld="gmail.com" in name ^ "@" ^ tld;; http://linuxfinances.info/info/sgml.html C is almost a real language. (see assembler) Even the name sounds like it's gone through an optimizing compiler. Get rid of all of those stupid brackets and we'll talk. (see LISP) ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend
