Re: Why doesn't this work - function failing?

"Rauf Sarwar" <rs_arwar_at_hotmail.com> wrote:

> Replace + with || in the above line. I am sure it must be a
> typo :)

AAARRRGGGGHHHHHH! I'm a Delphi programmer just moving into PL/SQL and Oracle generally. The := syntax is like Delphi so I assumed that string concatenation was as well.

God! An afternoon of total frustration for a friggin mistake like that!

Thank you.

Paul...  

> /Rauf

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