Define varchar2 type variable : CHAR « Data Type « Oracle PL / SQL






  1. Oracle PL / SQL
  2. Data Type
  3. CHAR

Define varchar2 type variable

  

SQL>
SQL> set serverout on
SQL>
SQL> declare
  2      l_text varchar2(100);
  3    begin
  4      l_text := 'Hello, World!';
  5      dbms_output.put_line(l_text);
  6    exception
  7      when others then
  8        dbms_output.put_line('We encountered an exception!');
  9        raise;
 10    end;
 11    /
Hello, World!

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

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