The NEW_VALUE directive allows you to store data retrieved from an Oracle table as a variable inside the SQL*Plus script. Written by Donald Burleson, Contributor June 18, 2002 at 6:01 p.m. PT ...

What are the advantages/disadvantages of using global variables in PL/SQL packages? I have created tons of packages and stored procedures, but have never used global variables.<BR><BR>Any insight ...

The following automatic macro variables are portable, but their values are determined by the SAS/ACCESS engine and your DBMS. Initially, the macro variables SYSDBMSG and SQLXMSG are blank, whereas ...