RE: ampersand problem

2001-10-05 Thread Regina Harter
Well, for one thing, you have MOM instead of MON in the date format. Besides that, it might help if you describe what problem you are having. At 12:10 AM 10/5/01 -0800, you wrote: >sorri i have pasted the wrong one >here is the correct on > >declare >code number(3):=0; >edate date; >begin >co

RE: ampersand problem

2001-10-05 Thread Swapna_Chinnagangannagari
Title: RE: ampersand problem sorri i have pasted the wrong one here is the correct on declare code number(3):=0; edate date; begin code:=111; edate:=to_date('01-jan-2001','dd-mom-'); dbms_output.put_line('actual data '||code ||','||edate); @ab

RE: ampersand problem

2001-10-04 Thread Christian Trassens
Change the substitution variable in this way: l_chk varchar2(1) :='&chk.' And turn off the verify option of sqlplus: set verify off Regards. --- Amar Kumar Padhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is not feasible within a PL/SQL block. Oracle > will first prompt you to > input value for all

RE: ampersand problem

2001-10-04 Thread Amar Kumar Padhi
This is not feasible within a PL/SQL block. Oracle will first prompt you to input value for all the & provided in the code, before actually executing it. One option: accept chk prompt 'Do you want to continue (y/n)?' declare l_chk varchar2(1) :='&chk'; begin if l_chk = 'y' then dbms_output