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SQL*PLUSCOMMNANDS



These commands does not require statement terminator and applicable to the sessions , those will be automatically cleared when session was closed.

BREAK

This will be used to breakup the data depending on the grouping.

Syntax:
            Break or bre [on <column_name> on report]
         
COMPUTE

This will be used to perform group functions on the data.

Syntax:
            Compute or comp [group_function of column_name on breaking_column_name or
                                            report]

TTITLE

This will give the top title for your report. You can on or off the ttitle.

Syntax:
            Ttitle or ttit [left | center | right] title_name  skip n other_characters
           Ttitle or ttit [on or off]

BTITLE

This will give the bottom title for your report. You can on or off the btitle.

Syntax:
            Btitle or btit [left | center | right] title_name  skip n other_characters
           Btitle or btit [on or off]
Ex:
            SQL> bre on deptno skip 1 on report
SQL> comp sum of sal on deptno
SQL> comp sum of sal on report
SQL> ttitle center 'EMPLOYEE DETAILS' skip1 center '----------------'
SQL> btitle center '** THANKQ **'
SQL> select * from emp order by deptno;

Output:

                                                      EMPLOYEE DETAILS
                                                    -----------------------

      EMPNO    ENAME    JOB              MGR     HIREDATE     SAL     COMM   DEPTNO
      ---------- ---------- ---------       -------  --------------  -------- ---------- ----------
      7782        CLARK   MANAGER     7839   09-JUN-81     2450                       10
      7839        KING     PRESIDENT              17-NOV-81    5000
      7934        MILLER CLERK           7782   23-JAN-82     1300
                                                                                          ----------            **********
                                                                                            8750                 sum

      7369        SMITH   CLERK           7902   17-DEC-80          800                    20
      7876        ADAMS  CLERK           7788   23-MAY-87       1100
      7902        FORD    ANALYST       7566   03-DEC-81        3000
      7788        SCOTT  ANALYST       7566   19-APR-87        3000
      7566        JONES  MANAGER      7839   02-APR-81        2975
                                                                                           ----------            **********
                                                                                             10875                 sum

      7499       ALLEN    SALESMAN    7698   20-FEB-81       1600        300         30
      7698       BLAKE    MANAGER     7839   01-MAY-81       2850
      7654       MARTIN SALESMAN    7698   28-SEP-81       1250       1400
      7900       JAMES    CLERK           7698   03-DEC-81         950
      7844       TURNER SALESMAN    7698   08-SEP-81       1500          0
      7521       WARD    SALESMAN    7698   22-FEB-81       1250        500
                                                                                         ----------             **********
                                                                                              9400                  sum
                                                                                         ----------
      sum                                                                               29025

                                                      ** THANKQ **

CLEAR

This will clear the existing buffers or break or computations or columns formatting.

Syntax:
            Clear or cle buffer | bre | comp | col;

Ex:
            SQL> clear buffer
        Buffer cleared
            SQL> clear bre
                   Breaks cleared
            SQL> clear comp
                   Computes cleared
            SQL> clear col
                   Columns cleared

CHANGE

This will be used to replace any strings in SQL statements.

Syntax:
              Change or c/old_string/new_string

If the old_string repeats many times then new_string replaces the first string only.

Ex:
                        SQL> select * from det;
select * from det
              *
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00942: table or view does not exist

SQL> c/det/dept
  1* select * from dept
SQL> /

      DEPTNO  DNAME            LOC
     ---------- ---------------- -----------
        10        ACCOUNTING  NEW YORK
        20        RESEARCH       ALLAS
        30        SALES              CHICAGO
        40        OPERATIONS   BOSTON

COLUMN

This will be used to increase or decrease the width of the table columns.

Syntax:
            Column or col <column_name> format <num_format|text_format>

Ex:
            SQL> col deptno format 999
            SQL> col dname format a10

SAVE

This will be used to save your current SQL statement as SQL Script file.

Syntax:
             Save or sav <file_name>.[extension] replace or rep

If you want to save the filename with existing filename the you have to use replace option.
By default it will take sql as the extension.

Ex:
            SQL> save ss
        Created file ss.sql
            SQL> save ss replace
                  Wrote file ss.sql
           
EXECUTE

This will be used to execute stored subprograms or packaged subprograms.

Syntax:
            Execute or exec <subprogram_name>

Ex:
            SQL> exec sample_proc

SPOOL

This will record the data when you spool on, upto when you say spool off. By default it will give lst as extension.

Syntax:
            Spool on | off | out | <file_name>.[Extension]

Ex:
            SQL> spool on
SQL> select * from dept;

DEPTNO DNAME            LOC
--------- --------------   ----------
    10      ACCOUNTING  NEW YORK
    20      RESEARCH       DALLAS
    30      SALES              CHICAGO
    40      OPERATIONS   BOSTON

SQL> spool off
SQL> ed on.lst

SQL> select * from dept;

DEPTNO DNAME            LOC
--------- --------------   ----------
    10      ACCOUNTING  NEW YORK
    20      RESEARCH       DALLAS
    30      SALES              CHICAGO
    40      OPERATIONS   BOSTON

SQL> spool off

LIST

This will give the current SQL statement.

Syntax:
            List or li [start_line_number] [end_line_number]

Ex:
            SQL> select
                2  *
                3  from
                4  dept;
SQL> list
               1  select
               2  *
               3  from
               4* dept
SQL> list 1
               1* select
SQL> list 3
             3* from

SQL> list 1 3
             1  select
             2  *
             3* from
           
INPUT

This will insert the new line to the current SQL statement.

Syntax:
            Input or in <string>

Ex:
            SQL> select *
            SQL> list
  1* select *
SQL> input from dept
SQL> list
  1  select *
  2* from dept         

APPEND

This will adds a new string to the existing string in the SQL statement without any space.

Syntax:
            Append or app <string>

Ex:
            SQL> select *
SQL> list
  1* select *
SQL> append  from dept
  1* select * from dept
SQL> list
  1* select * from dept

DELETE

This will delete the current SQL statement lines.

Syntax:
            Delete or del <start_line_number> [<end_line_number>]

Ex:
            SQL> select
    2  *
    3  from
    4  dept
    5  where
    6  deptno
    7  >10;
SQL> list
   1  select
   2  *
   3  from
   4  dept
   5  where
   6  deptno
   7* >10
SQL> del 1
SQL> list
   1  *
   2  from
   3  dept
   4  where
   5  deptno
   6* >10
SQL> del 2
SQL> list
   1  *
   2  dept
   3  where
   4  deptno
   5* >10
SQL> del 2 4
SQL> list
   1  *
   2* >10
SQL> del
SQL> list
   1  *

VARIABLE

This will be used to declare a variable.

Syntax:
            Variable or var <variable_name> <variable_type>

Ex:
            SQL> var  dept_name varchar(15)
            SQL> select dname into dept_name from dept where deptno = 10;

PRINT

This will be used to print the output of the variables that will be declared at SQL level.

Syntax:
            Print <variable_name>

Ex:
            SQL> print dept_name

                        DEPT_NAME
                        --------------
                        ACCOUNTING

START

This will be used to execute SQL scripts.

Syntax:
            start <filename_name>.sql

Ex:
SQL> start ss.sql
SQL> @ss.sql             -- this will execute sql script files only.

HOST

This will be used to interact with the OS level from SQL.

Syntax:
            Host [operation]

Ex:
SQL> host
SQL> host dir

SHOW

Using this, you can see several commands that use the set command and status.

Syntax:
            Show all | <set_command>

Ex:
SQL> show all
appinfo is OFF and set to "SQL*Plus"
arraysize 15
autocommit OFF
autoprint OFF
autorecovery OFF
autotrace OFF
blockterminator "." (hex 2e)
btitle OFF and is the first few characters of the next SELECT statement
cmdsep OFF
colsep " "
compatibility version NATIVE
concat "." (hex 2e)
copycommit 0
COPYTYPECHECK is ON
define "&" (hex 26)
describe DEPTH 1 LINENUM OFF INDENT ON
echo OFF
editfile "afiedt.buf"
embedded OFF
escape OFF
FEEDBACK ON for 6 or more rows
flagger OFF
flush ON

SQL> sho verify
verify OFF

RUN

This will runs the command in the buffer.

Syntax:
Run | /

Ex:
SQL> run
SQL> /
STORE

This will save all the set command statuses in a file.

Syntax:
Store set <filename>.[extension] [create] | [replace] | [append]

Ex:
SQL> store set my_settings.scmd
Created file my_settings.scmd
SQL> store set my_settings.cmd replace
Wrote file my_settings.cmd
SQL> store set my_settings.cmd append
Appended file to my_settings.cmd

FOLD_AFTER

This will fold the columns one after the other.

Syntax:
Column <column_name> fold_after [no_of_lines]

Ex:
SQL> col deptno fold_after 1
SQL> col dname fold_after 1
SQL> col loc fold_after 1
SQL> set heading off
SQL> select * from dept;

        10
ACCOUNTING
NEW YORK

        20
RESEARCH
DALLAS
        30
SALES
CHICAGO

        40
OPERATIONS
BOSTON

FOLD_BEFORE

This will fold the columns one before the other.

Syntax:
Column <column_name> fold_before [no_of_lines]

DEFINE

This will give the list of all the variables currently defined.

Syntax:
Define [variable_name]

Ex:
SQL> define
DEFINE _DATE           = "16-MAY-07" (CHAR)
DEFINE _CONNECT_IDENTIFIER = "oracle" (CHAR)
DEFINE _USER           = "SCOTT" (CHAR)
DEFINE _PRIVILEGE      = "" (CHAR)
DEFINE _SQLPLUS_RELEASE = "1001000200" (CHAR)
DEFINE _EDITOR         = "Notepad" (CHAR)
DEFINE _O_VERSION      = "Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release
                                              10.1.0.2.0 – Production With the Partitioning, OLAP and
                                              Data Mining options" (CHAR)
DEFINE _O_RELEASE      = "1001000200" (CHAR)

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