Re: what language is this?

In article <644dsn$81d$1_at_news.indy.net>, mmeadows_at_indy.net (Martin Meadows) wrote:

>Hi. I'm looking at a printout of a small program which uses sql to access
>an Oracle dbase. I know very little about the program itself but it has
>statements like the following:
>
>clear columns

 ...
>prompt <misc text here>

 ...
>accept <misc stuff>
>set wrap off
>set termout off
>set verify off
>spool xxx.prt
>column <misc stuff here> (column is repeated a dozen or more times)
>break on report
>compute sum of "<stuff>" on report

 ...
>set pagesize 60
>set newpage 0
>set linesize 215
>ttitle center '<stuff>'
>select ...
>
>My question: what language is this?

these are SQL*Plus-commands.

Have a look at the
- "SQL Language Reference Manual" and
- "SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference"
for more information.

Happl Received on Mon Nov 10 1997 - 00:00:00 CST