Value Is Null Remotely - Non Null Locally

ok here is a WIERD issue.

I've NEVER EVER had this issue, I have always done this and it works great both locally and remotely.

 

I have a table, which is a "customers" table.

I have a stored procedure which takes in parameters (name, address, password etc...) and returns me back, via a parameter declared as output - the customer ID.

I've always done this, and works great.

Now, this works fine locally.

 

IF I try to run this/do the exact same execution of commands (create a customer) remotely (where the database is stored, so copying everything from local to "over there") it does not work.

I get a DBNULL value back from the parameter, declared as an int output.

 

IF I copy and paste this Stored procedure Query/command into Query Analyzer and execute it (on the remote connection) and run it, giving it the exact same values as I do, it works perfect and returns me the correct value.

 

I've even dropped and recreated the stored procedure but makes no difference.

 

Any ideas why?

 

here is the proc....

 



CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[DoCreateNewCustomer] (
@theFirstName nvarchar(25),
@theLastName nvarchar(25),
@theAddress nvarchar(50),
@theCity nvarchar(15),
@thePostCode nvarchar(9),
@thePhoneNumber nvarchar(21),
@theMobilePhoneNumber nvarchar(21),
@theIPAddress nvarchar(25),
@thePassword nvarchar(50),
@theEmailAddress nvarchar(30),
@result int output
)
AS
SET @result = (SELECT [ID] FROM Customers WHERE emailAddress = @theEmailAddress)
IF @result IS NOT NULL 
 SET @result = -1
ELSE
BEGIN
 SET @result = @@IDENTITY
 INSERT INTO Customers (
 
 Firstname,
 Lastname,
 Address,
 City,
 Postcode,
 PhoneNumber,
 MobileNumber,
 IPAddress,
 [Password],
 EmailAddress
 
 )
 
 VALUES (
 
 @theFirstName,
 @theLastName,
 @theAddress,
 @theCity,
 @thePostCode,
 @thePhoneNumber,
 @theMobilePhoneNumber,
 @theIPAddress,
 @thePassword,
 @theEmailAddress
 )
 
END
GO


 

 

 

Any ideas why it does not work when calling the stored proc from either a web app, or through QA remotely but works fine when I run that command in QA or locally?

 

Again, if I do:

 

EXEC DoCreateNewCustomer { params } - the output result it gives me is DBNULL (if on remote connection)

If I do this locally, perfect

 

If I copy and paste pretty much the SP into QA and execute it on the remote connection, works great, and also locally.