A character string literal, numeric literal, or date literal. You can use a literal as a value expression. For example: FOR E IN EMPLOYEES WITH E.LAST_NAME = "Toliver" PRINT E.EMPLOYEE_ID ------- END_FOR | string literal FOR S IN SALARY_HISTORY WITH S.SALARY_AMOUNT > 40000 PRINT S.EMPLOYEE_ID ----- END_FOR | numeric literal FOR S IN SALARY_HISTORY WITH S.SALARY_START = "9-APR-1980" PRINT S.EMPLOYEE_ID ---------- END_FOR | date literal