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                                         stevenandler 
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                                             Posted - 2013-01-30 : 14:32:04
                                            
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                                            | I am trying to figure out how to return fields from a select statement performed in one Stored Procedure to anotherThis is a snippet from the calling Stored Prcedure: EXECUTE OGEN.VALIDATE_PATIENT @VALIDATED OUTPUT, @LMRN, @LASTNAME, @FIRSTNAME, @SSN, @DOB  PRINT @VALIDATED This is the complete code from the called Stored Precedure:ALTER PROCEDURE [OGEN].[VALIDATE_PATIENT]  (@VALIDATED INT OUTPUT, @MRN CHAR(10), @LAST_NAME VARCHAR(30), @FIRST_NAME VARCHAR(30),@SSN CHAR(9), @DOB datetime)ASBEGINSELECT PAT_NUMBER FROM OGEN.GEN_M_PATIENT_MAST WHERE ((@MRN=MRN AND UPPER(@LAST_NAME) = LAST_NAME) OR (@MRN=MRN AND @DOB = BIRTH_DATE) OR(@MRN=MRN AND UPPER(@FIRST_NAME) = FIRST_NAME)) SET @VALIDATED = @@ROWCOUNTENDI would like to return the values of PATIENT_ID and FACILITY_KEY | 
                                             
                                         
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                                     tkizer 
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                                     stevenandler 
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                                            Posted - 2013-01-30 : 15:30:49
                                          
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                                          | I added the following code to the stored procedureALTER PROCEDURE [OGEN].[VALIDATE_PATIENT]  (@VALIDATED INT OUTPUT, @MRN CHAR(10), @LAST_NAME VARCHAR(30), @FIRST_NAME VARCHAR(30),@SSN CHAR(9), @DOB datetime)ASBEGINDECLARE @PATIENT_ID INTDECLARE @FACILITY_KEY CHAR(4)-- 1st attempt SELECT * FROM OGEN.GEN_M_PATIENT_MAST WHERE ((@MRN=MRN AND UPPER(@LAST_NAME) = LAST_NAME) OR (@MRN=MRN AND @DOB = BIRTH_DATE) OR(@MRN=MRN AND UPPER(@FIRST_NAME) = FIRST_NAME)) SET @VALIDATED = @@ROWCOUNT SET @PATIENT_ID = PATIENT_ID SET @FACILITY_KEY = FACILITY_KEY ENDwhen I attempt to alter the procedure, it fails with the following messages:Msg 207, Level 16, State 1, Procedure VALIDATE_PATIENT, Line 17Invalid column name 'PATIENT_ID'.Msg 207, Level 16, State 1, Procedure VALIDATE_PATIENT, Line 18Invalid column name 'FACILITY_KEY'.I am positive that these two fields are defined in the table.   | 
                                         
                                        
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                                     tkizer 
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                                     TG 
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                                            Posted - 2013-01-30 : 17:19:23
                                          
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                                          | You need to be aware that if @@rowcount > 1 then more than one row satisfied the condition in your WHERE clause.  BUT @facility_key and @patient_id will be for just one of those rows.Be One with the OptimizerTG  | 
                                         
                                        
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                                     stevenandler 
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                                            Posted - 2013-01-30 : 17:52:05
                                          
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                                          | Thank you Tara and TG. It works fine. I will probably add the max aggregate to ensure I get only one row of data  | 
                                         
                                        
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