problem with OUTPUT params in Stored procedure

Hi all!
Running the code below in SQL-analyzeer (or through dbExpress) results in NU
LL.
As one might guess I would like the result to be 1. What is wrong? I.e, why
wont the result of the SP come back to the caller?




CREATE PROCEDURE test
@val INTEGER OUT
AS
SELECT @val = 1
GO

DECLARE @val INTEGER
EXEC test @val
SELECT @val

EXEC test @val OUTPUT

Simon