Values trimed while inserting in column

Question

Hi Experts,
I tried to insert value 'T%&U' in a column of oracle database table, but the value 'T%' is get inserted in the column. string after % is skiped. Can anyone tell me why this happened?
Thanks

Answer 1

set define off to achieve the desired result
Here is the example
SQL> create table test
2 ( str_1 varchar2(10));
Table created.
SQL> insert into test values('T%&U');
Enter value for u:
old 1: insert into test values('T%&U')
new 1: insert into test values('T%')
1 row created.
SQL> set define off
SQL> insert into test values('T%&U');
1 row created.
SQL> select * from test;
STR_1
T%
T%&U
HTH,
~Yogesh