On Mon, Dec 30, 2002 at 12:07:40PM +0000, Tim Bunce wrote: > On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 06:11:28PM -0800, Jared Still wrote: > > > > One more thing: One of my long time wished for modules is > > one that emulates some of the more useful features of SQL*Plus, > > namely report breaks, totals and subtotals. I've finally actually > > started on it. > > > > Would you be interested in seeing that? > > Yes. And the design/API as much, if not more, than the actual code. > > It's probably worth discussing on dbi-users or dbi-dev > [CC'd to dbi-dev for now]. > I know Tom Lowery is working on extending the DBI::Shell with > sufficient functionality to emulate SQL*Plus.
I've the basic break support added to DBI::Shell::SQLMinus, syntax: /break on id skip X Needs more work and documentation, but it's a start. Tom -- Thomas A. Lowery See DBI/FAQ http://www.xmlproj.com/cgi/fom.cgi
