RE: Increment an alphabetic variable in a PL/SQL loop?

Hmmm

That might work.

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From: Howard Latham [mailto:howard.latham@xxxxxxxxx]
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Subject: Re: Increment an alphabetic variable in a PL/SQL loop?

Couldnt you just assign using a the sql chr function
2009/12/3 Taylor, Chris David 
<ChrisDavid.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:ChrisDavid.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
Hey how can we increment an alphabetic variable in PL/SQL?

Let's say I have var1 = 'A' for the first pass, but for the second pass, I want 
it to autoincrement to var1='B' and ultimately to 'Z'.

I'm searching but its hard to find the right search terms to give me what I 
want.


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