Question

I am trying to use the vs2008 query builder to create a query with a parameter.
I know that in sql server it would work with:

select col1,col2
from tbl
where col3=@myParam

How would it be typed in oracle or is it pl/sql?
I get the problem in the @myParam part.

Answer 1

Oracle SQL parameters are specified using :

SELECT col1, col2 FROM tbl WHERE col3=:myParam

You will have to be careful when specifying this as an OracleParameter though, as some libraries miss off the :, and some require it to bind correctly.