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Im very beginner in psql and i have a question. Here is the code: SET serveroutput ON ACCEPT myVariable PROMPT "Input value: "; BEGIN dbms_output.put_line('My input variable is: '||&myVariable); END; Question is very simple: How can i pass text to my variable? If i input a number it is works correctly and i can read in the log my number, but if i pass a text like "mytext" instead of a number, i got an error: old:BEGIN dbms_output.put_line('My input variable is: '||&myVariable); END; new:BEGIN dbms_output.put_line('My input variable is: '||mytext); END; Error starting at line 5 in command:

I have a table that exists in an Oracle database, but doesn't show on my list of tables in the tool SQL Developer. However, if I go to SQL*Plus, and do a select table_name from user_tables; I get the table listed. If I type desc snp_clearinghouse; it shows me the fields. I'd like to get the create statement, because I need to add a field. I can modify the table to add the field, but I still need the create statement to put into our source control. What pl/sql statement is used to get the create statement for a table? From Get table and index DDL the easy way : set heading off; set echo off;

I get keep getting this error I can't figure out what is wrong. DECLARE * ERROR at line 1: ORA-01422: exact fetch returns more than requested number of rows ORA-06512: at line 11 Here is my code. DECLARE rec_ENAME EMPLOYEE.ENAME%TYPE; rec_JOB EMPLOYEE.DESIGNATION%TYPE; rec_SAL EMPLOYEE.SALARY%TYPE; rec_DEP DEPARTMENT.DEPT_NAME%TYPE; BEGIN SELECT EMPLOYEE.EMPID, EMPLOYEE.ENAME, EMPLOYEE.DESIGNATION, EMPLOYEE.SALARY, DEPARTMENT.DEPT_NAME INTO rec_EMPID, rec_ENAME, rec_JOB, rec_SAL, rec_DEP FROM EMPLOYEE, DEPARTMENT WHERE EMPLOYEE.SALARY > 3000; DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE ('Employee Nnumber: ' || rec

How can I stop a running SELECT statement by killing the session? The command is continuously giving me output based on the SELECT statement, I want to stop it in between. Ben As you keep getting pages of results I'm assuming you started the session in SQL*Plus. If so, the easy thing to do is to bash ctrl + break many, many times until it stops. The more complicated and the more generic way(s) I detail below in order of increasing ferocity / evil. The first one will probably work for you but if it doesn't you can keep moving down the list. Most of these are not recommended and can have

I want to be able to display the resulting data from a select in a pretty way, not all columns under others. Here is the way sqlplus displays my table data: But I want to show them as: Name | Address | Phone | -------+---------------+-------------+ name1 | address1 | phone1 | name2 | address2 | phone2 | name3 | address3 | phone3 | Not each column under the other I usually start with something like: set lines 256 set trimout on set tab off Have a look at help set if you have the help information installed. And then select name,address rather than select * if you really only want those two