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Sir it is a long execution...I want to see the middle portion of that ...the output is scrolled down and I can see only the last part can u help me to get a pagewise execution...is there any command in oracle...
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these are the errors man when I user spool
can u fine out my errors:
SQL> spool C:\Documents and Settings\sunu\My Documents\INSSCHOOL.txt
SP2-0333: Illegal spool file name: "C:\Documents and Settings\sunu\My Documents\INSSCHOOL.txt" (bad character: ' ')
SQL> spool 'C:\Documents and Settings\sunu\My Documents\INSSCHOOL.txt'
SP2-0333: Illegal spool file name: "'C:\Documents and Settings\sunu\My Documents\INSSCHOOL.txt'" (bad character: ' ')
SQL> spool "C:\Documents and Settings\sunu\My Documents\INSSCHOOL.txt"
SP2-0333: Illegal spool file name: ""C:\Documents and Settings\sunu\My Documents\INSSCHOOL.txt"" (bad character: ' ')
SQL> spool C:\Documents and Settings\sunu\My Documents\new.txt
SP2-0333: Illegal spool file name: "C:\Documents and Settings\sunu\My Documents\new.txt" (bad character: ' ')
For SQL*Plus on Windows, you may have to use file and directory names that fit the older 8.3 path and filename format. Or, you may be able to use long directory names if you use double quotes like this:
SQL> spool "C:\Documents and Settings\sunu\My Documents\INSSCHOOL.txt"
If that doesn't work, then use file and directory names that are no more that eight characters, and do not contain spaces, like this:
SQL> spool C:\temp\INSCHOOL.txt
Or, this syntax may work:
SQL> spool C:\Docume~1\sunu\MyDocu~1\
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by: markgeerPosted on 2006-10-25 at 10:34:46ID: 17805457
You haven't told us which tool you used to execute this statement, so I will assume SQL*Plus.
One option is:
spool v_option.txt
select * from v$option;
spool off;
Then open the file: v_option.txt from your working directory with a text editor.
You may also provide a full path, like this for Oracle on Windows:
spool C:\temp\v_option.txt
select * from v$option;
spool off;
or like this for Oracle UNIX/Linux:
spool /tmp/v_option.txt
select * from v$option;
spool off;