Oracle-L: Selecting a variable similar to a column

From: Rick Stephenson <rstephenson_at_ovid.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 13:03:23 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004410A3.20020410130323@fatcity.com>

I am using Oracle EE 8.1.7

Is there a way to select a variable similar to selecting a normal column of a table? Or do I have to user dbms_output.put_line..

For example, can this:

declare

lv_FirstName varchar2(20);

lv_LastName varchar2(20);

begin

lv_FirstName := 'rick';

lv_LastName := 'stephenson';

dbms_output.put_line(lv_FirstName||' '||lv_LastName);

end;

be written something like this:

declare

lv_FirstName varchar2(20);

lv_LastName varchar2(20);

begin

lv_FirstName := 'rick';

lv_LastName := 'stephenson';

select lv_FirstName, lv_LastName from dual;

end;

Maybe I am off my rocker, but I thought I would at least ask.

When I run this, it tells me that it is looking for an INTO variable. I don't want to put it into a variable, I want it to return as if it were a select statement.

Thanks for your help,

Rick Stephenson

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