From: mcstockX@Xenquery   
      
   "Joe Christl"  wrote in message   
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   | I was wondering - is there some part of sql that can display text?   
   | I wanted to add simple instruictions to the beginning of an sql script   
   | so the user understands what they're entering into the '&value' entry   
   | of the SELECT portion of the script.   
   |   
   | I know that anything with REM in the beginning is simply ignored.   
   |   
   | Thanks for your help.   
      
   Not SQL, you're actually asking about SQL*Plus (Oracle very basic UI tool)   
      
   PROMPT for one line   
      
   DOC for multiple lines (terminate with #) -- or use a c-style multiple line   
   comment (equivalent of DOC...#)   
      
      
   lots more good stuff in the SQL*Plus manual! -- you might also want to check   
   out the ACCEPT statement   
      
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