Re: generate html report using sqlplus

On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:28:18 -0800 (PST), maks71_at_gmail.com wrote:

>On Jan 23, 11:19 am, "fitzjarr..._at_cox.net" <fitzjarr..._at_cox.net>
>wrote:
>> On Jan 23, 7:50 am, mak..._at_gmail.com wrote:
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>> > On Jan 17, 11:53 pm, Peter Teoh <htmldevelo..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > > Using sqlplus, and if u have access to the htp and htf package, it
>> > > should be no problem generating HTML, for example, look at the file
>> > > $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/privutil.sql, and search for all the htp.*
>> > > function usage, and u can get the idea how it uses htp functions to
>> > > generate HTML structure contents.
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>> > > For example:
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>> > >      htp.preOpen;
>> > >          htp.prints(translate(text,NL_CHAR,' '));
>> > >       htp.preClose;
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>> > > And this:
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>> > >          htp.print('</PRE>');
>> > >            htp.p(htf.format_cell(columnValue, format_numbers));
>> > >                     htp.tableRowOpen;
>> > >                     htp.tableRowClose;
>> > >                htp.tableRowOpen;
>> > >                htp.tableRowClose;
>> > >             htp.formSelectOpen( cname => p_cname,
>> > >                   htp.formSelectOption( cvalue => nc_visible,
>> > >             htp.formSelectClose;
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>> > > etc.
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>> > Thanks for the valuable tips..
>> > where will htp.print will print? On screen? I would like to generate
>> > the report on client side as I don't have access to server...- Hide quoted text -
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>> Most likely on the server, as that is where Oracle DIRECTORY objects
>> are defined and I doubt that you have an NFS mount from the db server
>> to the client.
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>> David Fitzjarrell- Hide quoted text -
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>Is there a html tag that retain the output of DBMS_XPLAN.DISPLAY ..
>i.e. CR, LF, SPACES and TABS as it is..

Actually you don't need to use htp.print. Sql*plus has for quite some time the command set markup html spool on.
(From memory).
You need to verify this in the sql*plus users and reference manual. Apart from that: isql*plus generates html output by default.

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Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA