Pleas ehelp. I am trying to configure my xterm environment for sql*plus to enable scrolling through previous commands. (ie up arrow to previous command)
Currently it works fine in my normal zsh shell, but when I run sqlplus and get the command prompt SQL>, the up or down arrow produces these charaters: up=^[[A and down=^[[B
Please help. What files do I need to modify and how?
Thanks,
Jason
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FYI: the ability to do command history in sql*plus has nothing to do with your shell, and little to do with your terminal. It depends a great deal on the method that the sqlplus program uses to read the input, because it has to enable the use of the arrow keys within itself.
SqlPlusPlus is a front-end to SqlPlus which processes the up and down keys. When you finish typing a command, it sends it to the real sqlplus to be run.
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by: interiotPosted on 2001-07-20 at 08:23:14ID: 6302623
You'll want to download this program (aptly named sqlplusplus), compile it, and run it in place of using sql*plus interactively.
http://www.doag.org/orafaq