Re: SQL Serious Challenge # 1 - Probably Not Much Fun

Terry Dykstra wrote:

> Does it work in PL/SQL in 9i or 10g? I tried in 8174 and it failed:
>
> 1 declare
> 2 ls_result varchar2(10);
> 3 begin
> 4 select reverse('oracle') into ls_result from dual;
> 5* end;
> SQL> /
> select reverse('oracle') into ls_result from dual;
> *
> ERROR at line 4:
> ORA-06550: line 4, column 8:
> PLS-00201: identifier 'REVERSE' must be declared
> ORA-06550: line 4, column 1:
> PL/SQL: SQL Statement ignored

Reverse goes back before 9i. Definitely in 8.1.7.4.

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