Re: HELP: SQL+ : How to use & in strings in PL/SQL scripts

A copy of this was sent to "Peder" <peder.pedersen_at_fillmbyen.com> (if that email address didn't require changing) On Fri, 7 Jan 2000 12:42:45 +0100, you wrote:

>Hi all,
>
> Does anyone know how to use & (ampersand) in strings in PL/SQL packages,
>without SQL+ prompting for variable value, when I run the packages with _at_.
>
>Thanks,
> Peder
>

SQL> set scan off

or

SQL> set define off

or use chr(38) in place of & in the source. (eg: instead of 'Ben & Jerry', code 'Ben ' || chr(38) || ' Jerry'....

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