Try "set numwidth 20"
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Basavaraja, Ravindra [mailto:Ravindra.Basavaraja_at_T-Mobile.com]
> Sent: jeudi, 17. avril 2003 14:47
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: sqlplus help
>
>
> ACCEPT MS NUMBER PROMPT 'Enter the MS >'
> Enter the MS >2163836567
>
> select col1,col2...from
> where ms=&ms
>
> old 2: WHERE MS = &MM
> new 2: WHERE MS = 2.4e5
>
> when we enter the number as 2163836567 it gets changed to
> decimal number in
> the new value and the query fails.
> this is happening in the sqlplus client 8.1.5 but works fine
> on sqlplus
> 8.1.7 client
>
> no environment variables have been set.how to get this solved
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Received on Thu Apr 17 2003 - 18:11:36 CDT
