Get the value:
ACCEPT my_password CHAR PROMPT 'Password: ' HIDE
ACCEPT birthday DATE FORMAT 'dd/mm/yyyy' DEFAULT '01/01/1950' PROMPT 'Enter birthday date: '
ACCEPT birthday DATE FORMAT 'dd/mm/yyyy' DEFAULT '01/01/1950' PROMPT 'Enter birthday date: '
Declaring the variable
DEFINE the_answer = 42
Undefine the variable
UNDEFINE the_answer
How to remember the result of the query
COLUMN the_date new_value the_rundate noprint;
SELECT TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'DDMMYYYY_HH24MI') the_date FROM dual;
SELECT '&the_rundate' FROM dual ;
SELECT TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'DDMMYYYY_HH24MI') the_date FROM dual;
SELECT '&the_rundate' FROM dual ;
Save the variables to the file
store SET myvars.txt CREATE
store SET myvars.txt REPLACE
store SET myvars.txt append
store SET myvars.txt REPLACE
store SET myvars.txt append
Assign several values to the variable
DEFINE my_list = " 'the Life', 'the Universe', 'and Everything'"
SELECT *
FROM Book
WHERE answer IN ( &my_list );
SELECT *
FROM Book
WHERE answer IN ( &my_list );
