Re: special character - '&'

It's not a bug.... '&' is SQL*Plus "define" character.

You can change this define character by issuing a "set define ~" which will change it to a "~" instead.

Regards

Marc Mazerolle
InforMaze Technologies Inc.

Nobody you know wrote:

> I previously posted a question about the '&' character embedded in
> data, which seemed to defeat anything I tried, until I wrote a PL/SQL
> stored procedure, which could handle it. Even so, I ran into yet
> another problem with this character -- it causes problem EVEN IN A
> COMMENT. Try it (Oracle 7.4)! It doesn't matter which style of
> comment.
>
> Is this bug fixed in version 8?
>
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Received on Tue May 25 1999 - 09:03:11 CDT