From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Tony C. (me@here.com) writes:   
   > However, this does return a resultset.   
   >   
   >   
   >  select @BeginProcessControlDate as BeginProcessControlDate,   
   > @EndProcessControlDate as EndProcessControlDate,   
   >         count(*) as UsageGroupCount   
   >    from CabsUsageGroupHC;   
      
   This is not variable assignment.   
      
   > only diff is SELECT @variable AS  instead   
   > of SELECT @variable =   
   >   
   > could that be the difference?   
      
   Yes, the second is variable assignment. The first produces a regular   
   result set. You simply return the value of the variable to the client.   
      
      
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   Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
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