substitution variable problem

Toad for Oracle
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From Sql*Plus documentation:
If you wish to append characters immediately after a substitution variable, use a period to separate the variable from the character. For example:

SELECT SALARY FROM EMP_DETAILS_VIEW WHERE EMPLOYEE_ID=’&X.5’;
Enter value for X: 20
is interpreted as

SELECT SALARY FROM EMP_DETAILS_VIEW WHERE EMPLOYEE_ID=‘205’;

This used to work in Toad(9?)…
Doesn’t work in Toad 10.1.1.8.
Any chance it will come back?
Or is there an alternative?

2

Morning Gerry,

From Sql*Plus documentation:
If you wish to append characters immediately after a
substitution variable, use a period to separate the variable
from the character. For example:

SELECT SALARY FROM EMP_DETAILS_VIEW WHERE EMPLOYEE_ID='&X.5';
Enter value for X: 20
is interpreted as

SELECT SALARY FROM EMP_DETAILS_VIEW WHERE EMPLOYEE_ID='205';

This used to work in Toad(9?)...
Doesn't work in Toad 10.1.1.8.
Any chance it will come back?
Or is there an alternative?

It works fine in Toad 10.5.1.3 - so it was obviously fixed between your
version and mine.

Cheers,
Norm. [TeamT]

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a workaround would be to concat the variable with the constant
SELECT SALARY FROM EMP_DETAILS_VIEW WHERE EMPLOYEE_ID=&X || ‘.5’

Martin Gainty

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