RE: How to deal with special character like & in ' '

From: Yadav, Shailesh <NDASY3_at_labor.state.ny.us>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 11:54:02 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.0035251D.20010723113931@fatcity.com>

You can do either of the following:
SET SCAN OFF before the statement
if not possible then
you could do INSERT... ('A'||'&'||'M University')...;

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Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 2:49 PM
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try inserting ('A'||CHR(38)||'M University')

the CHR() is great for special characters.

-----Original Message-----
From: Helen rwulfjeq [SMTP:lannyue_at_yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 1:51 PM

To:     Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject:        How to deal with special character like & in ' '

Hi,
I want to insert a string like 'A&M University' but has problem with '&' I want the database exact A&M University. But it always ask me new or old value because of symbol '&' how could I deal with that. Thanks. HL

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