Iīm getting crazy and I canīt find a solution.... This is how I execute my procedure on SQL +: SQL> var x varchar2(10) SQL> exec :x := cpf(26852842819) PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL> print x X -------------------------------- 1 but I canīt execute the first line whitout having an error!!!!! any ideas please!!!! thanks a lot Bona __________________________ Visite http://www.trama.com.br -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]