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Oracle in a Nutshell
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Oracle in a Nutshell

by Rick Greenwald, David C. Kreines
December 2002
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
928 pages
85h 29m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Parameters

user_variable

Name of the variable that you want to define.

NUM[BER] | CHAR | DATE

Specifies the type of data you are after.

FOR[MAT] format_specification

Specifies a format specification, which may be optionally enclosed in quotes.

DEF[AULT] default_value

Provides a default value to assign to the variable.

PROMPT prompt_text

Specifies the prompt text displayed to the user.

NOPR[OMPT]

Indicates that you do not want the user to see a visible prompt.

HIDE

Causes SQL*Plus not to echo the user’s response back to the display. This is useful if you are prompting for a password.

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