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Not in PL/SQL or straight SQL it is however used by some languages as a
place holder for a bind variable. This certainly applies to ASP and I
believe to jdbc as well.
-- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA Audit Commission UK ***************************************** Please include version and platform and SQL where applicable It makes life easier and increases the likelihood of a good answer ****************************************** "john bailo" <jabailo_at_earthlink.net> wrote in message news:64fd0169.0206121404.30eec282_at_posting.google.com...Received on Mon Jun 17 2002 - 03:44:40 CDT
> is the "?" a valid character in PL/SQL ?
>
> for instance, is this valid in oracle
>
> Select * from MyTable Where TableID = ?
>
>
> how about in jdbc, java.sql?
>
> i see it used in a java class file, but i cant understand how it could
work
> for ms/sql