title: How to ignore responding to stored '&lt' and '&gt' text in Oracle SQL statement?
body: <p>I have an issue when writing the sql query below in SQL Command line. It asks me <em>"Enter a value for lt:"</em> and then gives error </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>ORA-00933: SQL command not properly ended</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I need to properly read the column that includes '&amp;lt' or '&amp;gt' as a string. How can I edit the query to make it works?</p>
  
  <pre><code>Delete from authorization1 
  where role = 'staff' AND object = ' /department/gradstudent/gpa' 
  AND predicate = ' &amp; l t ; 2.0') AND action = 'read' 
  </code></pre>