Pass by reference?

[Dale Strickland-Clark]

How do I pass a value by reference so the called routine can update it?

Here's an extract from a routine that uses ADO on NT to access a database.
ADO will return the number of records deleted in the second parameter but
it's not working like this.

    DBCon.Execute("delete from parts where path='%s' and drive='%s'" %
(drive, path), delcnt)

Thanks

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Dale Strickland-Clark
Out-Think Ltd, UK
Business Technology Consultants