Re: Separate cursor for bind value assignment, is this normal

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> Hello
> In this old thread=>
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> https://asktom.oracle.com/pls/asktom/f?p=100:11:0::::p11_question_id:113012348062
> Tom Kyte explained
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> .... in sqlplus the exec :x := &x will be parsed each time,
> those will be unavoidable (sqlplus is not a programming environment, it is
> just a simple command line tool)
> Yes, I wish sqlplus had a way to initialize a bind variable -- it would be
> nice.
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> So possibly that it was event a design choice of Oracle development team,
> since sqlplus was more seen a command line tool, not a programming tool.
> Dragutin
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