Hi again. now I´m writing to solve another puzzle of my script... on the SQL*Plus I type the following code to get x value: print x; I trying to do it with PHP this way: <? $conn = OCILogon ("SYSTEM","manager"); $cursor = OCIParse ($conn, "print x;end;"); OCIBindByName ($cursor, ":x", $x, 10); $result = OCIExecute ($cursor); echo $result; ?> and this is my error message: Warning: OCIBindByName: ORA-01036:not valid name/number in c:\program files\apache group\apache\htdocs\apostila\testes\procedure01f.php on line 7 Warning: OCIStmtExecute: ORA-06550: line 1, row 14: PLS-00103: Found "X" when one of the followed were espected: := . ( @ % ; O símbolo ":=" in c: \program files\apache group\apache\htdocs\apostila\testes\procedure01f.php on line 9 any sugestions??? thanks for all the help I having from you!!! 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]