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Re: How to mask the character "&" to insert it as data??

From: Connor McDonald <connor_mcdonald_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 19:21:06 +0800
Message-ID: <39E1AA22.6628@yahoo.com>

Dipl.-Informatiker Khamis Abuelkomboz wrote:
>
> I'm trying to execute a command like
>
> INSERT INTO employee VALUES ('C&La Deutsche Revision', ....)
>
> You know that & is for place holders so that SQL/Plus asks me to enter
> the
> placeholder "La".
>
> how can I mask it?
>
> thanks

set define off

HTH

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Received on Mon Oct 09 2000 - 06:21:06 CDT

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