<talk2paras@gmail.com> wrote in message
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:I am calling a procedure(order) from a calling procedure (caller).
: Order uses an In out parament (Ser_no)
:
: Order is supposed to return a serial number.
:
: how can i copy the value returned by Order to a local variable of
: Caller.
:
: thanks.
:

this sounds like just typical assignment, ie, localvar :=
localvar_sent_as_in_out_variable

or, just pass the local var as the in/out variable -- that's what in/outs
are there for.

++ mcs