Accept command activation

Question

Hi,
i don't manage to activate the sqlplus command ACCEPT and i don't manage to open to sql script which contains this code.
Can you help me on this point
Thanks a lot.
Nathalie
Here is my code
SET SERVEROUTPUT ON
SET ECHO OFF
SET VERIFY OFF
ACCEPT p_empno PROMPT ' Entrez le numéro d'employe :'
ACCEPT p_emp_name PROMPT ' Entrez le nom d'employe :'
ACCEPT p_emp_job PROMPT ' Entrez la fonction de l'employe :'
ACCEPT p_emp_hdate PROMPT ' Entrez le numéro d'employe :'
ACCEPT p_emp_sal PROMPT ' Entrez le salaire de l'employe :'
ACCEPT p_emp_deptno PROMPT ' Entrez le numéro de departement :'
BEGIN
insert into emp( empno, ename, job, hiredate, sal, deptno) VALUES (&p_empno, &p_emp_name,
&p_emp_job, &p_emp_hdate, &p_emp_sal, &p_emp_deptno);
COMMIT;
END;

Answer 1

try
... VALUES ('&p_empno', '&p_emp_name', ...p_emp_hdate seems to be DATE? make sure you're using the correct format mask, e.g.
... TO_DATE('&p_emp_hdate', 'MM/DD/YYYY') ...