Need %complete stat from stored procedure to vb

Is there a way to call a SQLServer stored procedure from within VB6
and have the % completion stat be returned to the calling program as
it is updated? Our clients hate seeing static screens and while this
procedure is processing I want to be able to display it's progress.
Thanks!
Not from a single statement, there's not any way to get back the completion status from a query.
Some operations, which are predictable, like BACKUP, has an option to get STATS back, but not for
general DML statements. If your procedure is executing *several* statements, you can use RAISERROR
using the NO_WAIT option to make SQL server flush the output buffer for each RAISERROR statement.
For a single query, fake it... :-)
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
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> Is there a way to call a SQLServer stored procedure from within VB6
> and have the % completion stat be returned to the calling program as
> it is updated? Our clients hate seeing static screens and while this
> procedure is processing I want to be able to display it's progress.
> Thanks!