Thanks a lot Steve: I understand you solution a little bit better than the others, but the subject stays difficult for me. When I look into the messages as a result of running your solution I see a perfect (dynamic) table. Is it possible to export that table to a webpage (eg Visual Web .aspx)? I want to show the results in a gridview, but the SQL-variable is of course no table with rows. In fact is your solution in the end a table and could be the final product of a stored procedure.

The (silly) question I still have is: is the above mentioned possible or am I talking rubbish?

Any answers/reactions would be appreciated.

Above all: compliments for your solution - I gonna try to understand it.

Robert