Re: Re: Shell scripting

2002-10-08 Thread Cyril Thankappan
Sure THanks Omar But I was looking for a 'non-file based' solution :) Thanks anyway On Mon, 07 Oct 2002 Omar Khalid wrote : hi well i think i did this once, you can read the output of the SQL query into shell variables by first redirecting the output of the SQL query to an OS file and then

Re: Re: Shell scripting

2002-10-08 Thread Jared Still
Omar, If what you mean is: How do I send a value from sqlplus plus directly to a variable in my shell environment? You can't. What you've done is the way it is usually done. Another way to do it is to use the '|' korn shell mechanism. e.g. sqlplus -silent scott/tiger@$ORACLE_SID | This

RE: Re: Shell scripting

2002-10-08 Thread Kevin Lange
Actually Jared, you can by setting up a sqlplus coprocess and using unix pipes. The routine below will get a parameter from the v$parameter table using sqlplus. Kevin === get_db_parm() { unset vRETURNED_PARM unset vRESPONSE typeset -u vPARM

RE: Re: Shell scripting

2002-10-08 Thread Jared . Still
ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:RE: Re: Shell scripting Actually Jared, you can by setting up a sqlplus coprocess and using unix pipes. The routine below will get a parameter from the v$parameter table using sqlplus. Kevin

RE: Re: Shell scripting

2002-10-08 Thread Kevin Lange
: Shell scripting Actually Jared, you can by setting up a sqlplus coprocess and using unix pipes. The routine below will get a parameter from the v$parameter table using sqlplus. Kevin === get_db_parm() { unset vRETURNED_PARM unset vRESPONSE