Oracle SQL*Plus has a very useful subparameter to the column parameter called NEW_VALUE. The NEW_VALUE directive allows you to store data retrieved from an Oracle table as a variable inside the ...

Read this chapter while sitting at your computer and try out the examples shown. Before beginning, make sure you have access to the sample tables described. To begin using SQL*Plus, you must first ...

Although there are many tools available that are far more user-friendly than SQL*Plus for manipulating and accessing Oracle database data, I still find myself occasionally using SQL*Plus when I need ...

Though SQL (Structured Query Language) for databases has proved to be indispensable through decades of use, differences among SQL versions can challenge a software developer. For example, Microsoft's ...