Difficulty inserting due to &

rp_3

Hello,

I am attempting to insert the following but am having difficulty with
the "&" symbol being accepted as a literal character. If I preced the
"&" with a backslash "\", when I execute via sqlplus, the script waits
for input, however if I execute via sql window in TOAD, the record is
inserted as expected.

Any and all suggestions greatly appreciated,
Richard

sourceid = number(18)
url = varchar2(250)
name = varchar2(50)

INSERT INTO SOURCE ( SOURCEID, URL, NAME ) VALUES (
63, '<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=nucleotide&cmd=search&term=>',
'GenBank' );

Jul 19 '05 #1

Alex Filonov

rp**@yahoo.com (rp_3) wrote in message news:<36**************************@posting.google. com>...

Hello,

I am attempting to insert the following but am having difficulty with
the "&" symbol being accepted as a literal character. If I preced the
"&" with a backslash "\", when I execute via sqlplus, the script waits
for input, however if I execute via sql window in TOAD, the record is
inserted as expected.

Any and all suggestions greatly appreciated,
Richard

sourceid = number(18)
url = varchar2(250)
name = varchar2(50)

INSERT INTO SOURCE ( SOURCEID, URL, NAME ) VALUES (
63, '<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=nucleotide&cmd=search&term=>',
'GenBank' );

Use:
set scan off
or
set define off
or
set escape \ on (you need to escape & with a \ in this case)

Jul 19 '05 #2