title: What does "/" do in PL/SQL?
body: <p>I reviewing some PL/SQL code and I came across the following in the scripts:</p>
  
  <pre><code>/
  SHOW error
  
  grant execute on someName1 to someName2;
  
  /
  SHOW error
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Reviewing the documentation for PL/SQL I could not find an explanation what the /'s do.</p>
  
  <p>Can anyone enlighten me?</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Update:  I opened the file that includes this script in SQL Developer for Mac.  Compiling it gives the error "encountered the symbol '/'".  Should these slashes be removed?</li>
  </ul>