Oracle-L: Re: SQLPlus Substitution Variables

From: Philip Douglass <philipd_at_sirs.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 08:59:12 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00530635.20030115085912@fatcity.com>

That's not quite what he asked for...

Erik, you're looking for the DEFINE command, and you don't really need to use '&&' either (unless you want to reuse the script without the DEFINE), e.g.:

define datestamp = "sysdate - 1"

select count(*) from logtab2003
where datestamp = to_char(&datestamp, 'yyyymmdd');

select count(*) from errtab2003
where datestamp = to_char(&datestamp, 'yyyymmdd');

quit

Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 10:24 AM

Use && instead of & and you should not get prompted if the variable has a value set.

-----Original Message-----

Sent: 15 January 2003 15:04
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

I am using substitution variables in SQLPlus, but don't want to be prompted
for their values. I want to set them at the start of the script. Kind of like a preprocessor directive. Is this possible?

Erik
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