Bug, Feature Request: Substitution variable does not work properly in Test window

[Alexandr Ustinov]

Consider the code

declare
begin
  dbms_output.put_line('&text');
end;

In Command window and SQL Window it works fine, PSD ask for the &text value and substitutes is.
For Test Window it does not work - it asks nothing and just puts the &text into Output.

It will be nice to have True substitution behavior in Test window as well. Existing functionality implies that I need to use :text, but that is not true from SQL*Plus, ODAC and so on points of view (PSD's Command window as well), where & prefixed substitution variables are used instead of : ones.

 

[Marco Kalter]

I have added this to the list of enhancement requests.

 

[Hilarion]

Substitution variables working in ODAC? As far as I know, the substitution variables are a feature of the SQL*PLus application itself and for compatibility and comfort of use emulated (and enhanced) in other applications like PL/SQL Developer.
They are not a feature of Oracle Client or Oracle DB.
As the Test Window actually is for testing and debugging PL/SQL on Oracle DB, introducing substitution variables may introduce complexity (and thus user and application errors) without bringing much value.