Difficulty inserting due to &

Hello,

I am attempting to insert the following but am having difficulty with the "&" symbol being accepted as a literal character. If I preced the "&" with a backslash "\", when I execute via sqlplus, the script waits for input, however if I execute via sql window in TOAD, the record is inserted as expected.

Any and all suggestions greatly appreciated, Richard

sourceid = number(18)
url = varchar2(250)
name = varchar2(50)

INSERT INTO SOURCE ( SOURCEID, URL, NAME ) VALUES ( 63, '<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=nucleotide&cmd=search&term=>', 'GenBank' ); Received on Tue Aug 19 2003 - 23:13:05 CEST