Lexical parameter is used to replace a specific String in sql statement

at runtime.
It can be created with & at runtime.
String to replace can be handled in After Parameter
Formtrigger.
Used in SQL only.
Used in all Clauses.
In this example we are going to retrieve the employees who hired in
certain period of time i.e.
Step 1: Open Reports builder and connect the database, go to the data
model of a new report and write a query as bellow

Press OK, system will show that Query has created the lexical
parameter

Step 2: Now create report using this query. To do this right click on
Q_1 and select Report Wizard shown below
Step 3: Provide the dynamic parameter value as bellow

you can also use WHERE hirdate > 01-Jan-2012 OR WHERE hirdate =
01-Jan-2012 WHERE hirdate BETWEEN 01-Jan-2012 AND 01-Jan-
2013
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Lexical parameter

These are used to replace a value dynamically at run time. Lexical parameters can
dynamically replace clauses in the Select statement in the data model and even the whole
select statement. It replaces any part of a SELECT statement, such as column names, the
FROM clause, the WHERE clause, the ORDER BY clause.

To create a lexical reference in a query, prefix the parameter name with an ampersand (&)
Lexical parameter has a PREFIX ampersand
(&)

Lexical references are placeholders for text that you embed in a SELECT statement. You can
use lexical references to replace the clauses appearing after SELECT, FROM, WHERE, GROUP
BY, ORDER BY, HAVING, CONNECT BY, and START WITH. You cannot make lexical references
in a PL/SQL statement. You can, however, use a bind reference in PL/SQL to set the value of
a parameter that is then referenced lexically in SQL.

SELECT Col1,Col2

FROM &ATABLE

select empno,ename from emp &X

At run time we can pass the entire where condition like

where deptno=30 and sal>3000 etc....
where sal>6000

parameter

We can create lexical parameter & bind parameter in the report in the data model query. The
bind parameter is used as well and lexical parameter used for ex:

Bind parameter has a PREFIX colon (:)

Bind references (or bind variables) are used to replace a single value in SQL or PL/SQL, such
as a character string, number, or date. Specifically, bind references may be used to replace
expressions in SELECT, WHERE, GROUP BY, ORDER BY, HAVING, CONNECT BY, and START
WITH clauses of queries. Bind references may not be referenced in FROM clauses or in place
of reserved words or clauses. You create a bind reference by entering a colon (:) followed
immediately by the column or parameter name. If you do not create a column or parameter
before making a bind reference to it in a SELECT statement, Report Builder will create a
parameter for you by default.
SELECT ename,deptno FROM emp WHERE empno=:empno

Difference between Bind and Lexical parameter?

Bind Parameter Lexical Parameter
Bind parameter are used to pass a lexical parameter may be used
single value in sql, pl/sql to replace expressions in select,
where, group, order by, having,
connect by, start
with cause of queries.
It is started with Colon (:) It is started with Amparsign (&)
It is used to accept the value when It is used to build report queries
executing the query dynamically
It is used in (select, where, order It is used in all clause.
by group by ) but not in from.
select * from emp where select * from emp where
emp_no=:emp_no; &condition;
It is used both sql & pl/sql. It is used only in sql.

Both bind and lexical

SELECT &deptno,ename,deptno FROM emp WHERE empno=:empno