RE: ksh select value into variable from v$ view

It's because of the backticks.

This is stretching my memory but the backticks are probably casuing it to interpret the single backslash as an escape character rather than the backslash character...

Does this work for your shell on Solaris?

Thanks!
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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Allen, Brandon Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 11:04 AM
To: barb.baker_at_gmail.com; oracle-l_at_freelists.org Subject: RE: ksh select value into variable from v$ view

Just curious, could someone please explain *why* the two slashes are required in this case? Is it a Solaris thing? I usually work with ksh on HP and AIX, and I've always used just a single slash with no problems.

Thanks

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org]On Behalf Of Barbara Baker Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 10:57 AM
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Subject: Re: ksh select value into variable from v$ view

Thanks to all for the quick responses, but especially Mangus and Somckit.

Putting in 2 slashes instead of 1 does the trick!

On 7/22/05, Barbara Baker <barb.baker_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Solaris 9 Oracle 9.2.0.4
> Hi! I'm trying to grab a process id from the database and store it in
> a variable. This syntax works if I'm not using a v$ view. If I use a
> v$ view, it ignores what's after the $. I've tried v\$ and v_\$ , but
> neither work.
>

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