Question

I am inputting a value into sql plus, and here is how I am getting the input:

And Abc.Abdef = &Abcdef;

When I execute it, it says:

Enter value for Abcdef:

How can I change the text enter value for to something else?

Is it possible?

Answer 1

No, it is not possible. SQL*Plus doesn’t let you customise the prompt for substitution variables.

However, you can prompt for an input (with a custom prompt) and assign that to a variable which you then use in your statement:

SQL> accept foo prompt 'FOO: '
FOO: bar
SQL> select * from dual where '&foo'='bar';
old   1: select * from dual where '&foo'='bar'
new   1: select * from dual where 'bar'='bar'

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