Yes there is a way. In UNIX environments (I think this works in NT/2000 as well) you can set the environment variable SQLPATH to a list of directories that contain SQL files. SQLPlus will search this path if the file is not found in the current directory.
RWB ============================================================================================================ Reginald W. Bailey IBM Global Services - ETS SW GDSD - Database Management Your Friendly Neighborhood DBA 713-216-7703 (Office) 281-798-5474 (Mobile) 713-415-5410 (Pager) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ============================================================================================================ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ys.utk.edu To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: How to tell Oracle the directories of script files om 08/14/2003 01:09 PM Please respond to ORACLE-L Hello, Suppose I have some SQL scripts in my /home/user directories, /usr/local/bin directories, etc. If I start 'sqlplus' from console in /home/user directories, I can load/execute the script by doing: SQL> @scriptname But what if I don't start sqlplus from that directories? How do I tell Oracle to find the scripts in /home/user, then if it's not there in /usr/local/bin, for example? So that I can be anywhere in the filesystem when starting sqlplus and can execute my SQL script. Just like the $PATH environment variables in *nix system that tell the shell where to find executables, is there a similar thing for Oracle? Thanks for any help. RDB -- Reuben D. Budiardja Department of Physics and Astronomy The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN ------------------------------------------------- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign against HTML \ / email and proprietary format X attachments. / \ ------------------------------------------------- Have you been used by Microsoft today? Choose your life. Choose freedom. Choose LINUX. ------------------------------------------------- -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Reuben D. Budiardja INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).