define phone = '+38097666666';
select &phone from dual; -- plus is stripped as it is a number
select '&phone' from dual; -- plus is preserved as it is a string
SET SERVEROUTPUT ON
declare
v_testnum number;
v_teststring varchar2(1000);
begin
v_testnum := 2;
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('v_testnum is now ' || v_testnum);
SELECT 36,'hello world'
INTO v_testnum, v_teststring
from dual;
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('v_testnum is now ' || v_testnum);
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('v_teststring is ' || v_teststring);
end;