Inserting xml in sqlplus with semi colon at end of line

Question

Hi
I'm trying to insert some generated XML. There are carriage returns in the XML and some lines have a semi colon at the end. The SQLPLUS interface is taking the semi colon as the instruction to execute. Can I mask the semi colon so it's not interpreted as the instruction to execute so the insert will work.Sample code below.
insert into mytab REQUEST_XML, XML_FLAG_YN)
values ('DS_REQUEST_HEADER;
OPERATIONAL;
SDSDL>'
'Y');
SQL> insert into mytab REQUEST_XML, XML_FLAG_YN)
2 values ('DS_REQUEST_HEADER;
ERROR:
ORA-01756: quoted string not properly terminated
SQL> OPERATIONAL;
SP2-0734: unknown command beginning "OPERATIONA..." - rest of line ignored.
SQL> SDSDL>'
SP2-0042: unknown command "SDSDL>'" - rest of line ignored.
SQL> 'Y');
SP2-0042: unknown command "'Y')" - rest of line ignored.
SQL>
Thanks

Answer 1

SQL> create table mytab (request_xml varchar2(2000), xml_flag_yn varchar2(1));
Table created.
SQL> insert into mytab (request_xml, xml_flag_yn)
  2  values ('DS_REQUEST_HEADER;
ERROR:
ORA-01756: quoted string not properly terminated
SQL> ed
Wrote file afiedt.buf
  1  begin
  2    insert into mytab (request_xml, xml_flag_yn)
  3    values ('DS_REQUEST_HEADER;
  4  OPERATION;
  5  <SDSDSD>',
  6  'Y');
  7* end;
SQL> /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> select * from mytab;
REQUEST_XML
X
DS_REQUEST_HEADER;
OPERATION;
<SDSDSD>
Y