Forward Slash (/)

A forward slash is used to execute the SQL statement or PL/SQL block that is currently in the buffer. See Chapter 2 for more information, and for examples.

/

where:

/

Causes SQL*Plus to execute the statement in the buffer. The buffer is not changed by this command, and / can be used repeatedly to execute the same statement again and again.

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