After testing prompted by Jared's reply, you can use 1 of the 2 alternatives from Windows.
That is, under windows the following works: echo select * from dual; | sqlplus scott/tiger@abcd I often use this type of syntax under NT to (say) log the time as below, but had never thought to try it with sqlplus. eg time example C:\>echo.|time|find "current" /i The current time is: 10:54:24.94 Hope this helps someone, Bruce Reardon -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, 5 December 2001 3:25 As Scott said, in Unix you can use Input Redirection. If you are in windows, you could always build the command as a .sql file and use the sqlplus -s scott/tiger @myfile.sql Command. -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 10:01 AM >From the unix command line you can run: sqlplus -s scott/tiger << EOF select * from emp; EOF Viraj Luthra wrote: > > Hello all, > > Why cannot I do :- > > sqlplus -s scott/tiger select * from emp; > > or sqlplus -s scott/tiger "select * from emp;" > > Both the cases I get :- > > Usage: SQLPLUS [<option>] [<user>[/<password>] [@<host>]] > [@<startfile> [<parm1>] [<parm2>] ...] > where <option> ::= { -s | -? } > -s for silent mode and -? to obtain version number > > What is wrong above? I need to run the query from command line. How do I modify this :- > > sqlplus -s scott/tiger select * from emp; > > Rgds, -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Reardon, Bruce (CALBBAY) INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).