RE: sqlplus help

Because when you have two executables created from non-identical source code, the executables can behave differently.

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Thanks.This worked.But don't understand why this needed to be done on 8.1.5 and not on 8.1..7

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Try "set numwidth 20"  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Basavaraja, Ravindra [mailto:Ravindra.Basavaraja_at_T-Mobile.com]
>
> 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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