Using define for the user variable/

Question

Hii,
I am trying to define a user variable and then using this variable trying to output the result. plz help
1 define ename = 'TURNER'
2 declare
3 result number(7,2);
4 begin
5 select sal into result from emp
6 where ename = '&ename';
7 dbms_output.put_line(result);
8* end;
SQL> /
Enter value for ename: turner
define ename = 'TURNER'
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00900: invalid SQL statement
thanks
sharath

Answer 1

SQL> set serveroutput on
SQL> define ename = 'TURNER'
SQL> declare
  2    result number(7,2);
  3  begin
  4    select sal
  5    into result
  6    from emp
  7    where ename = '&&ename';
  8    dbms_output.put_line(result);
  9  end;
10  /
old   7:   where ename = '&&ename';
new   7:   where ename = 'TURNER';
1500
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
Message was edited by:
        jeneesh
One '&' is enough!My mistake.Thanks Kamal Kishore..