Btw, did you know that you can use: @http://www.servername.com/script.sql and @ftp://ftp.servername.com/dir/script.sql in 9i sqlplus :)
It can be nice in environment where you continously have to work with random different servers and cant copy your script set over every time.. Tanel. ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 10:34 PM > RDB, > It is always best to include the path for the script that you want to > execute. That way you make sure that you execute your script and not > someone else's. There can be many scripts of the same name in the > directory path. > Ron > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/14/03 03:19PM >>> > > 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. 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