How to select value of variable in ORACLE - sql-server

Question

Below is the SQL Server's syntax to select variable as a record
DECLARE #number AS INTEGER;
SET #number = 10;
SELECT #number;
How can I do this in ORACLE?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Sagar Nannaware

Answer 1

Edited based on comment:
One way you can access the variable value assigned by a procedure is through a function again.
Example:
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE your_procedure(out_number OUT number)
IS
BEGIN
out_number:=1;
END;
function to retrieve the procedure's output
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION your_function
RETURN number
AS
o_param number;
BEGIN
o_param := NULL;
your_procedure(o_param);
RETURN o_param;
EXCEPTION
WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND
THEN
return 0; --basically how you want to handle your errors.
END your_function;
Now you can select the output of the procedure
select your_function from dual;
Useful link how to access an Oracle procedure's OUT parameter when calling it?
If you are trying to create a variable to access anywhere in your application in oracle.
You can do it by creating function and calling it from dual.
SQL>create or replace function foo return number
as
x number;
begin
x:=1;
return 1;
end;
Function created.
SQL>select foo from dual;
FOO
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1
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