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On Wed, 10 Feb 1999 00:52:52 -0500, you wrote:
>Thanks, set define off seems to work. I just wonder what other side effects are
>in effect during that time I set it off now? There is not way to just escape the
>"&"?
>
& is just a 'macro variable' marker. by setting it off you are saying "i have no macro variables". It is usually used by a parameterized script (eg: run this script and pass in a table name or something).
You want to "set define off" around code that does not use a macro variable, you could redefine it "set define @" or some other character if you need macros but want to use an & in the statement.
you would set define on or set define & later to make it in use again.
its pretty harmless to turn it on and off
>Mike
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Thomas Kyte
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