Return-Path: Received: from ensim.rackshack.net (root@localhost) by orafaq.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id hAC0ak315074 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 18:36:46 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 66.27.56.210 Received: from ns3.fatcity.com (rrcs-west-66-27-56-210.biz.rr.com [66.27.56.210]) by ensim.rackshack.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id hAC0akc15069 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 18:36:46 -0600 Received: from ns3.fatcity.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ns3.fatcity.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id hABLgUbt011288 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 13:42:48 -0800 Received: (from root@localhost) by ns3.fatcity.com (8.12.8/8.12.5/Submit) id hABLeQEd009304 for oracle-l@orafaq.net; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 13:40:26 -0800 Received: by fatcity.com (05-Jun-2003/v1.0g-b73/bab) via fatcity.com id 005D657A; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 13:44:24 -0800 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 13:44:24 -0800 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L X-Comment: Oracle RDBMS Community Forum X-Sender: Maryann Atkinson Sender: ml-errors@fatcity.com Reply-To: ORACLE-L@fatcity.com Errors-To: ML-ERRORS@fatcity.com From: Maryann Atkinson Subject: var source_data varchar2(12) Organization: Fat City Network Services, San Diego, California X-ListServer: v1.0g, build 73; ListGuru (c) 1996-2003 Bruce A. Bergman Precedence: bulk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My original posting had a few lines truncated, so here I go again: I'm looking at a PL/SQL script that goes like this -- Header var Source_Data VARCHAR2(12) DECLARE Num1 NUMBER; BEGIN Source_Data := '&1'; What's the purpose of having a VAR statement in front or Before of the Declare section? Is it used for bind-variables, is that what it is? thx maa -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Maryann Atkinson INET: maryann_30@yahoo.com Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).