I have a sqlscript that contains statements like this:
prompt Enter 'html' for an HTML report, or 'text' for plain text
prompt Defaults to 'html'
column report_type new_value report_type;
set heading off;
select 'Type Specified: ',lower(nvl('&&report_type','html')) report_type from dual;
So when I run the script it prompts me to enter in values. I want to automate this script. How would I pass to the script parameters that are then used for the prompts? I cannot modify the script at all by removing the prompts.
I am using Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7.
On Unix you can use here documents:
#>sqlplus un #script <<EOF
yourpassword
parameter#1
parameter#2
EOF
Assuming you're passing values in from the command line or a batch file etc you can pass in parameters by using &1, &2, .. &n, where the number is the position of the parameter when calling
column report_type new_value report_type
set heading off
select 'Type Specified: ',lower(nvl('&1','html')) report_type from dual;
This would be called by
[call sqlplus schema/pw#db #] my_script.sql html
Incidentally you don't need semi-colons after SQL*Plus commands.
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I need to get input from user in runtime in ORACLE. I am trying to do this.
Get input 'name' from user
Greet user with 'name' using DBMS_OUTPUT
My code so far:
ACCEPT name PROMPT 'Your name:'
declare
a varchar2(10);
begin
a := '&x';
end;
You need to use the name you assigned in the ACCEPT statement in your code. So
ACCEPT name PROMPT 'Your name:'
begin
dbms_output.put_line ('Hello &name !');
end;
/
Regarding your comment:
"ACCEPT name PROMPT 'Your name:' still is a unsuported command"
According to your comment you're using Oracle's LiveSQL, right? Well, accept is a SQL*Plus command for handling input parameters; SQL*Plus is part of a client install. LiveSQL is a different client. If you read its FAQs you will see:
Can I use input parameters?
No, we do not support input parameters at runtime.
I want to write a simple script file to display the employee name in a given department name the department name given is case insensitive ,after executing the script, the commands are not displayed.
I use SQL *PLUS and what I did so far is
EDIT script // script is the file name the default extension is .SQL
and inside the script file I wrote the following
SET VERIFY OFF
SELECT Ename, dname
FROM emp, dept
WHERE emp.deptno = dept.deptno
AND UPPER(Dname) = UPPER('&dname');
SET VERIFY ON
then on SQL *Plus
START script
The query works fine but I don't know how to do this part "after executing the script, the commands are not displayed.
"
Maybe are you looking for:
SET ECHO OFF
An other option would be to start SQL*Plus with the -S (silent) option on the command line. From the documentation:
-S[ILENT]
Suppresses all SQLPlus information and prompt messages, including the command prompt, the echoing of commands, and the banner normally displayed when you start SQLPlus.
As about the question as titled:
What's the equivalent of clrscr()
If you are using an ANSI terminal, using the ANSI escape sequence esc[2J should clear your screen:
SET ECHO OFF
SET SERVEROUTPUT ON
VAR ANSI_TERM_CLEAR VARCHAR2 (10)
BEGIN SELECT CHR(27)||'[2J' INTO :ANSI_TERM_CLEAR FROM DUAL; END;
/
PRINT :ANSI_TERM_CLEAR
As we know in MSSQL we can write below line to print some message
print 'Some Message';
How we can do same in Oracle as print not working with Oracle?
Use
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('Some Message');
To expand on #mhasan's answer and #AlexPoole's comment: assuming that you're executing your script using SQL*Plus you'll need to add the beginning of your script before the first DECLARE or BEGIN:
SET SERVEROUTPUT ON SIZE 1000000
SET LINESIZE 255
If you're using a tool other than SQL*Plus to run your script there will be different ways to view output written to DBMS_OUTPUT. For example, in PL/SQL Developer a "Test" window has a "DBMS Output" tab where text written to DBMS_OUTPUT can be viewed after the test script terminates.
Share and enjoy.
I am creating a shell script where I have saved entries from a text file into an array. Those values are properly stored and show the correct contents. One of those entries contains a simple query and I want to pass it to a sql file. With that sql query I want to save the results into a text file.
Here is the part of the code that calls the sql file to run the sql script
PURGE_SITES=purge_site.txt
logmsg "USERID - $PURGES_SITE" n
QUERY=${Unix_Array[4]}
echo $QUERY
sqlplus -s $USER/$PASS <<EndSQL
#purges_sites.sql $PURGE_SITES '$QUERY'
EXIT SQL.SQLCODE
EndSQL
for now query stored in ${Unix_Array[4]} is "select -1 from dual"
Here is the file contents of the .sql file
set echo off ver off feed off pages 0
accept fname prompt 'Loading Sites...'
spool &1;
&2
/
spool off
It gives me error and reads &2 as "&2" instead of the query saved in the variable. However when i edit the .sql file and add something beforehand, it will display the correct data from the variable.
Here is the output
select -1 from dual
File Name===> results.txt
select -1 from dual
Loading Sites...SP2-0042: unknown command "&2" - rest of line ignored.
SP2-0103: Nothing in SQL buffer to run.
Here is the output if I add something before &2.
select -1 from dual
File Name===> results.txt
select -1 from dual
Loading Sites...select * from table_table select -1 from dual
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00933: SQL command not properly ended
I typed in select * from table_table before &2.
So its actually retrieving the value from the variable but something needs to come beforehand in order to pass correctly.
Is there a system execute command in oracle that will execute a query? &2 just by itself is not allowed.
Wont this help you?
PURGE_SITES=purge_site.txt
logmsg "USERID - $PURGES_SITE" n
QUERY=${Unix_Array[4]}
echo $QUERY
# FRAME YOUR QUERY, PROMPTING USER IN SHELL ITSELF AND SEND TO SQLPLUS DIRECTLY
# BEWARE SQL INJECTION POSSIBLE
# YOU CAN REDIRECT THE SQLPLUS OUTPUT TO A FILE LIKE THIS, NO SPOOL NEEDED
sqlplus -s $USER/$PASS <<EndSQL >> $OUTPUT_FILE
set echo off ver off feed off pages 0
$QUERY
/
EXIT SQL.SQLCODE
EndSQL
I have a batch files which when i run calls a SQL file. This SQL file prompts user to input data which I store in MYPeriod( this accepts date as input ).the output of SQL file is a CSV file.
Here is my code for SQL file:
PROMPT Enter a period
ACCEPT MYPeriod PROMPT 'Period: '
SET LINESIZE 500 FEEDBACK OFF TRIMSPOOL ON TERMOUT OFF HEAD OFF PAGESIZE 0 TERM OFF
spool E:\abc\Test\File1_&MYPeriod.csv
select Account || ',' || Membername || ',' || GROUP || ',' || FUTURE1 from ACTUAL_V#UAT1_Test where Key=21 and period_name= '&MYPeriod' ;
spool off
exit
My queries :
When I run this , a file gets generated in location E:\abc\Test with a name File1_12-2012csv.Lst. I want a csv file .
If i hard code the file name(replace &MYPeriod by test) File1_Test.csv gets generated perfectly.Why the code is not able to create file with the name user has input..?
The output of this creates a csv file and retrieves the accounts from db but it prints two extra line at top. The new query and old query. How do I redefine my code, so that it gets remove automatically.
Appreciate your help guys.
Substitution variables are optionally terminated by a period to separate them from any characters that follow. If you want to use one in the string as well, you have to add that termination explicitly:
spool E:\abc\Test\File1_&MYPeriod..csv
For the two extra lines issue, add set verify off; at the moment it is set to on (by default) so it shows you the old and new value of any substitution variables you use.
The only way I know to get the date into the file name is to put it into a substitution variable first:
set termout off
column x_run_dt new_value y_run_dt
select to_char(sysdate, 'YYYYMMDDHH24MISS') as x_run_dt from dual;
set termout on
spool E:\abc\Test\File1_&MYPeriod._&y_run_dt..csv
The new_value clause lets you create a substitution variable, &y_run_dt in this case, with a value from a queried column, x_run_dt. Wrapping the select that generates that value between set termout clauses hides it from the normal output, when run as a script.