Vs: Re: Reserved word? or not?

Hi!

Yes, works for me also all versions 9i - 10.1 - 10.2 - 11.1.

But "language" is still a keyword and according to doc's should not be used... ;-)

-Teijo

>>> "Howard Latham" <howard.latham_at_gmail.com> 24.9.2008 13:15:28 >>>
Yes it runs for me too.

2008/9/24 Clarke, Andrew <andrew.clarke_at_logica.com>

>
> > Er isn't that SQL not PLSQL?
>
> Fair point well made. However, wrapping it in PL/SQL doesn't seem to make
> any difference....
>
> SSQL> r
> 1 declare
> 2 language my_table_ext.language%type;
> 3 begin
> 4 for lrec in ( select * from my_table_ext ) loop
> 5 language := upper(lrec.language);
> 6 if language = 'BABEL 17' then
> 7 dbms_output.put_line('Hello Tarek');
> 8 else
> 9 dbms_output.put_line('Hello world');
> 10 end if;
> 11 end loop;
> 12* end;
> Hello Tarek
> Hello world
>
> PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
>
> SQL>
>
> So I think it must be something peculiar in the specific details of Jack's
> program.
>
> Cheers, APC
>
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