RE: sqlplus and spaces in path

Use the DOS "8.3" filename format. You can see what I mean with a "dir/x" command from DOS. Instead of "C:\Documents and Settings\whatever", you'd use "c:\docume~1\whatever".  

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Sam Bootsma Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 9:34 AM To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: sqlplus and spaces in path  

Hello All,  

I am on Oracle database 10.2.0.3. My sqlplus version is 10.1.0.5.0.  

I have a sql script in a directory with embedded spaces (for example, directory C:\Documents and Settings\Staff\My Documents\_a). This sql script includes a couple of calls to other sql scripts using @@. For example:

....

@@sqlfile2
....

I can call my main sql script by enclosing the path and file name in single or double quotes. But when this sql script calls another script using @@ (eg. @@sqlfile2), sql plus returns an error like:

 "SP2-0310: unable to open file "C:\Documents.sql"  

Is there any solution to this problem? Is it possible to load into sqlplus a script from a directory which has spaces in its name, and this file to call other files from the same directory with @@)?  

Thanks for any suggestions!  

Sam Bootsma

Oracle Database Administrator

Information Technology Services
George Brown College

Phone: 416-415-5000 x4933
Fax: 416-415-4836
E-mail: sbootsma_at_georgebrown.ca <mailto:sbootsma_at_georgebrown.ca>  

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