Provides a character string value returned by the most recently executed RETURN statement of a local or remote procedure, trigger block, user-defined function, method of a class, class constructor, or property accessor.

Syntax

RETURN-VALUE

Example

For examples of the RETURN-VALUE function, see the RETURN statement reference entry.

Notes

  • The returned value has the CHARACTER data type.
  • When you access RETURN-VALUE, its value represents the value returned by the most recently executed RETURN or THROW:
    • If it is a RETURN with options that can set the RETURN-VALUE, but does not, the empty string ("") is returned.
    • If it is a THROW that returns a Progress.Lang.AppError object, the value of the object's ReturnValue property is returned.
  • To reliably access a RETURN-VALUE setting returned from a block or called routine, check RETURN-VALUE as soon as you can after the block or called routine terminates.
  • RETURN-VALUE does not return the value of a non-VOID method of a class or user-defined function invocation. You return the values of these methods and functions within an expression where you reference their invocations, similar to referencing a variable value.

See also

CREATE SERVER statement, ON ENDKEY phrase, ON ERROR phrase, RETURN statement, UNDO statement