Passing the "&" in PL/SQL

I'm resending this because it hasn't shown up on my e-mail yet.

David A. Barbour
Oracle DBA - ConnectSouth
512-681-9438
dbarbour_at_connectsouth.com

-----Original Message-----
From: David Barbour
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 6:04 PM
To: 'ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com'
Subject: Passing the "&" in PL/SQL

Hello good people (a little flattery never hurts!) -

Has anybody found a way to pass a variable in a stored procedure that contains a " & " symbol without having to parse the data selected, search for the & , and actually build your variable?

I'm selecting business names into a variable. If the name is something like Father & Sons, I bomb out on calling the next screen. I've tried all kinds of combinations of single quotes and double quotes along with some suggestions of using the ! and @ signs. The suggestions get weirder as the day grows older. The day isn't the only thing growing older either.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

David A. Barbour
Oracle DBA - ConnectSouth
512-681-9438 Received on Fri Jul 21 2000 - 11:24:11 CDT