RE: How to pass string with a ' to PL/SQL

[Igor Neyman]

var a refcursor var b varchar2(100); begin    :b :='and sub_account_no=' || CHR(39) || '864240103’ || CHR(39);    execute :a := pkg_reports_Dynamiccti.fu_sales_analysis('2003-05-21 00:00:00','2003-06-02 00:00:00','20','864240103','order by calldate desc',:b); end; /   39 is ASCII code for ‘.   Igor Neyman, OCP DBA [EMAIL PROTECTED]     -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of laura pena Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 12:25 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: How to pass string with a ' to PL/SQL   I have procedure that needs to pass a string with a ' . Anyone have any idea how to do this in PL/SQL   Here is my example:   var a refcursor var b varchar2(100); begin    :b :='and sub_account_no=''864240103''';    execute :a := pkg_reports_Dynamiccti.fu_sales_analysis('2003-05-21 00:00:00','2003-06-02 00:00:00','20','864240103','order by calldate desc',:b); end; / This is giving me an error. ERROR at line 3: ORA-06550: line 3, column 12: PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "" when expecting one of the following: := . ( @ % ; immediate The symbol ";" was substituted for "" to continue.   Thanks in advance.   -Lizz Do you Yahoo!? Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM).