Re[2]: SQLPlus -- replacement tool

From: Jonathan Gennick <jonathan_at_gennick.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 20:35:00 -0500
Message-ID: <152105358837.20040220203500@gennick.com>

Friday, February 20, 2004, 7:08:33 PM, John Flack (JohnF_at_smdi.com) wrote:

JF> 3.  I know how to get the result of a single row query into variables, =
JF> but I'd like an easier more straightforward method, like:
JF> SELECT to_char(SYSDATE) INTO today;

You used to be able to do this using bind variables. For example:

variable x varchar2(10)
select dummy into :x from dual;
print x

This used to work, but somewhere along the line it stopped working. I'm not sure why. But it's really no help anyway, for what you are talking about, because bind variables live in a different world from define variables.

Best regards,

Jonathan Gennick --- Brighten the corner where you are http://Gennick.com * 906.387.1698 * mailto:jonathan@gennick.com

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