Query to Handle special characters in the conditions

Hi all,
We have a table for colour codes and there related information but the colour codes have special characters in them like
AL&.MPD
CH(SB00
ECA&BC1
TD..0023
0O'DON4
i need to check if these exist in the table or not but when i query like
select * from art.tb_color_code where color_code in ('AL&.MPD','CH(SB00','ECA&BC1','TD..0023','0O'DON4');
i get prompts for entering the variable values there are 2500 such codes
how do i negate the special meanings of these characters
Regards
Maverick

Hi,
If a string literal contains an apostrophe, use two consecutive apostrophes.
For example:
'0O''DON4'is a seven-character string. The third character is an apostrophe.
As others have said,
SET DEFINE OFFwill disable the special meaning of & in SQL*Plus.

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