How to get around Ampersand in text field in Select statement

Question

I have an SQL statement I am trying to run in SQL*Plus. In one of my subqueries, I have a select statment in which some of the fields I am trying to pull have an "&" within the text. So, when I try and run the query it returns "Enter value for 35:". I've even tried wildcard characters and it is still not working. If anyone could help me with this, I would appreciate it. Here is a sample of my statement (the subquery is at the bottom of the statement):
select real_case.file_dt, real_case.dscr, pty_cd, first_name, last_name, addr_line1, addr_line2, city, st_cd, zip_cd
from real_case, pty, idnt, ptyaddr s1, addr
where real_case.case_id = pty.case_id
AND pty.idnt_id = idnt.idnt_id
AND pty.case_id = s1.case_id
and pty.seq = s1.seq
and s1.addr_id = addr.addr_id
and (real_case.file_dt >= '01-NOV-06'
and real_case.file_dt <= current_date)
and (real_case.dscr like '79D01-%'
or real_case.dscr like '79C01-%'
or real_case.dscr like '79D02-%')
and (pty.pty_cd like 'DFNDT')
and (s1.ins_dttm in
(select max(s2.ins_dttm) from ptyaddr s2
where s2.case_id = s1.case_id
and s2.seq = s1.seq))
and (real_case.case_id in
(select case_id from ptychrg
where ptychrg.actn_cd IN ('35-41-5-1&35-48-4-1')));Thanks,
Shannon

Answer 1

this?
SQL> set define off
SQL> ed
Wrote file afiedt.buf
  1  with t as
  2    (select 'a&b' col from dual
  3      union all
  4      select 'abc' from dual)
  5   select    * from t
  6*  where col like '%\&%'
  7  /
COL
a&b
or this
SQL> ed
Wrote file afiedt.buf
  1  with t as
  2    (select 'a&b' col from dual
  3      union all
  4      select 'abc' from dual)
  5   select    * from t
  6*  where col like '%'||chr(38)||'%'
SQL> /
COL
a&bjust '%'||chr(38)||'%' will not work.
You nedd either set scan off or set define off
correction
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devmiral