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Depends on the tool being used when you call the function.<br />
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SET DEFINE OFF isn't a option for Oracle. &nbsp;That prompt isn't coming from the database. &nbsp;It is coming from the tool (specifically SQL Developer in your case, but SQL*Plus does the same thing).<br />
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If you ran that same function from a Java application (for example), you wouldn't be prompted.
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Depends on the tool being used when you call the function.

SET DEFINE OFF isn't a option for Oracle.  That prompt isn't coming from the database.  It is coming from the tool (specifically SQL Developer in your case, but SQL*Plus does the same thing).

If you ran that same function from a Java application (for example), you wouldn't be prompted.

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Is there any way I can get around this using SQL Developer?
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Is there any way I can get around this using SQL Developer?

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I don't use SQL Developer that much, but I would assume that it can run a script, like SQL*Plus can. &nbsp;Include the SET DEFINE OFF in the script before the function call. &nbsp;Then run the script and don't run the function directly.
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I don't use SQL Developer that much, but I would assume that it can run a script, like SQL*Plus can.  Include the SET DEFINE OFF in the script before the function call.  Then run the script and don't run the function directly.

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First line was the key....I couldnt run it until you said this...Thanks
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First line was the key....I couldnt run it until you said this...Thanks

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Im using SQL Developer and I have a function that cleans non ascii values from strings but when there is an &amp;&nbsp;in the name being cleaned, it prompts me. I know that if I run the function with SET DEFINE OFF it wont prompt me. Problem is I cant include SET DEFINE OFF in my function? How can I include either in my function or in my procedure that is calling my function or whether or not this can be done at all?
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Im using SQL Developer and I have a function that cleans non ascii values from strings but when there is an & in the name being cleaned, it prompts me. I know that if I run the function with SET DEFINE OFF it wont prompt me. Problem is I cant include SET DEFINE OFF in my function? How can I include either in my function or in my procedure that is calling my function or whether or not this can be done at all?

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