RE: reading variables

I am using toad.

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Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 3:02 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

& variables work fine in sqlplus but not anywhere else, In what tool are you programming?

lprais_at_ts.checkpoint.com wrote:

>If I use the following for to reference a variable in my code:
>Update Primus_Temp_Dump set owner =(&test) where secure_id = Secure;
>
>I get this compile error:
>PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "&" when expecting one of the following:
>
>This is how you are supposed to reference variables in a SQL Statement?
>
>If I do this:
>Update Primus_Temp_Dump set owner =('&test') where secure_id = Secure;
>
>I do not get the error but it passes &test into my query and it fails
>
>Please help
>

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