Replace <<< $longResult = $session->sql ('select first longval into ? from longtest'); >>>
with <<< $cursor = $session->sql ('select longval from longtest'); $row = $cursor->next (); $longResult = $row->[0]; >>> Sorry for the error in the example. Daniel Dittmar -- Daniel Dittmar SAP DB, SAP Labs Berlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sapdb.org/