At 11:58 -0500 9/19/02, Robert Fox wrote: >Hello- > >I've just started using MySQL so this is absolutely a 'newbie' >question. I'm used to working with Oracle's SQL*Plus which is a very >different tool. In SQL*Plus, I could type 'l' or 'list' at the >SQL*Plus prompt and see a printout to STDOUT (the screen) of the >current command in the buffer. Apparently, mysql duplicates this >functionality via the 'print' and/or '\p' function. However, even if >I have an SQL statement in memory, when I type in this command at >the mysql prompt, it simply prints the following: > >mysql> print >-------------- > >--------------
Yeah, seems like a problem. Use \p instead. > >This seems to indicate that nothing is in the buffer, however if I >type 'edit' the command appears from the buffer. Am I doing >something wrong? I'm using MySQL v. 3.23.41 on Linux 7.1. > >I have another related question. Are we always forced to execute an >SQL command immediately after using an editor? In other words, when >I type 'edit', edit my command and then exit the editor, I'm >released to the '->' prompt which forces me to either clear the >buffer or execute the query, neither of which I would like to do >immediately. What would you like to do instead. > >Any advice or help with these issues would be appreciated. > >Thanks! > >Rob > >P.S. Another useful command which doesn't seem to be a part of the >feature set for the mysql command line utility is a pause option. In >Oracle SQL*Plus, I could set a pause feature on by entering the >command 'set pause on', and I would be allowed to view a few >returned records at a time. Is that option available in the mysql >command line tool? Probably not quite the same thing, but you can use the --pager option when you invoke mysql to send the output through a paging program like "more". Or use the \P and \n commands in mysql to turn paging on/off. UNIX only, doesn't work on Windows. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
