How to declare and display a variable in Oracle

If you are using pl/sql then the following code should work :

set server output on -- to retrieve and display a buffer

DECLARE

    v_text VARCHAR2(10); -- declare
BEGIN

    v_text := 'Hello';  --assign
    dbms_output.Put_line(v_text); --display
END; 

/

-- this must be use to execute pl/sql script

If using sqlplus you can define a variable thus:

define <varname>=<varvalue>

And you can display the value by:

define <varname>

And then use it in a query as, for example:

select *
from tab1
where col1 = '&varname';

If you're talking about PL/SQL, you should put it in an anonymous block.

DECLARE
    v_text VARCHAR2(10); -- declare
BEGIN
    v_text := 'Hello';  --assign
    dbms_output.Put_line(v_text); --display
END;

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