what's mean for the ":" in this code

[Anon]

$stmt=OCIParse($conn,"BEGIN pkg_sale.dbp_sale_require(:errno,:errtxt);END;");

OCIBindByName($stmt,":error",&$error,-1);

[Anon]

the ':' is for an Oracle parameter.

JBL

[Anon]

The ":" is a qualifyer for a bind-variable.
if your are querying oracle, there are sevreral steps a statemant is passed trough:
1. parse
2. bind
3. execute

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