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		<title>NULL Values in Assignment Statements</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an NULL Values in Assignment Statements

 






•	Until a value is assigned to a variable, the variable’s value is NULL 
•	Performing an arithmetic value on a NULL value always results in a NULL value 
•	Advice:  Always initialize variable values 
PL/SQL Selection Structures
•	IF/END IF: 
IF condition THEN 
program statements 
END IF; 
•	IF/ELSE/END IF: 
IF condition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PL/SQL Character String Functions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s take a look at PL/SQL Character String Functions








•	SUBSTR:  extracts a specific number of characters from a string, starting at a given point 
extracted_string := 
SUBSTR(string_being_searched, 
       starting_point, 
       number_of_characters_to_extract); 
s_first_name := SUBSTR(‘Sarah Miller’, 1,5); 
Debugging PL/SQL Programs
•	Syntax error 
•	Does not follow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PL/SQL Data Type Conversion Functions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s take a look at PL/SQL Data Type Conversion Functions








•	TO_DATE:  character string to DATE
TO_DATE(‘07/14/01’, ‘MM/DD/YY’); 
•	TO_NUMBER:  character string to NUMBER
TO_NUMBER(‘2’); 
•	TO_CHAR:  NUMBER or DATE to character string
TO_CHAR(2); 
TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, ‘MM/DD/YYYY HH:MI’); 
Character String Functions  
•	Concatenating  strings:  joining 2 or more character strings into a single string 
•	Concatenation operator:  &#124;&#124;
s_first_name [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PL/SQL Assignment Statements</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s take a look at PL/SQL Assignment Statements








Assignment Statements

•	Assignment operator:  : = 
•	Variable being assigned to a new value is on left side of assignment operator 
•	New value is on right side of operator
student_name : = ‘John Miller’;
student_name : = current_student;

Displaying PL/SQL Program
Output in SQL*Plus

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