How to output oracle sql result into a file in windows? - sql

Question

I tried
select * from users
save D:\test.sql create;
But SQL plus gives me "no proper ended"
How to specify path in oracle sql in windows?

Answer 1

Use the spool:
spool myoutputfile.txt
select * from users;
spool off;
Note that this will create myoutputfile.txt in the directory from which you ran SQL*Plus.
If you need to run this from a SQL file (e.g., "tmp.sql") when SQLPlus starts up and output to a file named "output.txt":
tmp.sql:
select * from users;
Command:
sqlplus -s username/password#sid #tmp.sql > output.txt
Mind you, I don't have an Oracle instance in front of me right now, so you might need to do some of your own work to debug what I've written from memory.

Answer 2

Very similar to Marc, only difference I would make would be to spool to a parameter like so:
WHENEVER SQLERROR EXIT 1
SET LINES 32000
SET TERMOUT OFF ECHO OFF NEWP 0 SPA 0 PAGES 0 FEED OFF HEAD OFF TRIMS ON TAB OFF
SET SERVEROUTPUT ON
spool &1
-- Code
spool off
exit
And then to call the SQLPLUS as
sqlplus -s username/password#sid #tmp.sql /tmp/output.txt

Answer 3

spool "D:\test\test.txt"
select
a.ename
from
employee a
inner join department b
on
(
a.dept_id = b.dept_id
)
;
spool off
This query will spool the sql result in D:\test\test.txt

Answer 4

just to make the Answer 2 much easier, you can also define the folder where you can put your saved file
spool /home/admin/myoutputfile.txt
select * from table_name;
spool off;
after that only with nano or vi myoutputfile.txt, you will see all the sql track.
hope is that help :)

Answer 5

Having the same chore on windows 10, and windows server 2012.
I found the following solution:
echo quit |sqlplus schemaName/schemaPassword#sid #plsqlScript.sql > outputFile.log
Explanation
echo quit | send the quit command to exit sqlplus after the script completes
sqlplus schemaName/schemaPassword#sid #plsqlScript.sql execute plssql script plsqlScript.sql in schema schemaName with password schemaPassword connecting to SID sid
> outputFile.log redirect sqlplus output to log file outputFile.log