diff --git a/reference/oci8/functions/ocibindbyname.xml b/reference/oci8/functions/ocibindbyname.xml
index bab723430f..481bde8ec8 100644
--- a/reference/oci8/functions/ocibindbyname.xml
+++ b/reference/oci8/functions/ocibindbyname.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.8 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.9 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/oci8.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.ocibindbyname">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ $data = array(1111 => "Larry", 2222 => "Bill", 3333 => "Jim");
 
 $rowid = OCINewDescriptor($conn,OCI_D_ROWID);
 
-OCIBindByName($stmt,":empno",&$empno,32);
-OCIBindByName($stmt,":ename",&$ename,32);
-OCIBindByName($stmt,":rid",&$rowid,-1,OCI_B_ROWID);
+OCIBindByName($stmt,":empno",$empno,32);
+OCIBindByName($stmt,":ename",$ename,32);
+OCIBindByName($stmt,":rid",$rowid,-1,OCI_B_ROWID);
 
 $update = OCIParse($conn,"update emp set sal = :sal where ROWID = :rid");
-OCIBindByName($update,":rid",&$rowid,-1,OCI_B_ROWID);
-OCIBindByName($update,":sal",&$sal,32);
+OCIBindByName($update,":rid",$rowid,-1,OCI_B_ROWID);
+OCIBindByName($update,":sal",$sal,32);
 
 $sal = 10000;