Prompt in pl/sql

Hi,
I have written a procedure in Oracle 9i pl/sql and want to prompt the user with 'Are you sure? (Y/N)' before the procedure is commited and execute accordingly on whether the user types Y or N.
I have seen in many forums that you can use something like this
ACCEPT Emp_ID Prompt 'Please Enter the Employee ID > '
in SQL Plus, but I cannot find the equivalent for PL/SQL...does it exist?
Can someone advise, please?
Thanks

Hi,
If the PL/SQL routine is running in SQL*Plus (or some similar environment) then you can use dbms_output.put_line to prompt the user (that is, to send messages to the user). This is very much like the SQL*Plus PROMPT command.
The problem is, there's no way to accept input from the user. PL/SQL has nothing like the SQL*Plus ACCEPT command.
As Blushadow said, PL/SQL runs in the back end; user interaction takes place in the front end, so this needs to be done using your front-end tool.

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