Thanks to all for the quick responses, but especially Mangus and Somckit. Putting in 2 slashes instead of 1 does the trick! On 7/22/05, Barbara Baker <barb.baker@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Solaris 9 Oracle 9.2.0.4 > Hi! I'm trying to grab a process id from the database and store it in > a variable. This syntax works if I'm not using a v$ view. If I use a > v$ view, it ignores what's after the $. I've tried v\$ and v_\$ , but > neither work. > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l