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Oracle SQL*Plus Pocket Reference
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Oracle SQL*Plus Pocket Reference

by Jonathan Gennick
April 2000
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
94 pages
1h 52m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

TTITLE

Synopsis

TTI[TLE] [OFF | ON] |
   [COL x | S[KIP] x | TAB x | LE[FT] | 
   CE[NTER] | R[IGHT] | BOLD | FOR[MAT] 
   format_spec | text | variable...]

The TTITLE command defines page titles for a report. For example:

TTITLE CENTER 'The Fictional Company' SKIP 3 -
LEFT 'I.S. Department' -
RIGHT 'Project Hours and Dollars Report'
TITLE RIGHT FORMAT 999 SQL.PNO

Issuing the TTITLE command with no parameters causes SQL*Plus to display the current setting.

Parameters

OFF

Turns off the page title but does not erase its definition.

ON

Turns on the printing of page titles.

COL x

Causes any title text following this parameter to print at the specified column position.

S[KIP] x

Inserts the specified number of line breaks before printing any subsequent title text.

TAB x

Skips forward the specified number of character columns. Negative values cause SQL*Plus to skip backwards.

LE[FT]

Causes subsequent title text to be printed beginning at the leftmost column of the current title line.

CE[NTER]

Causes subsequent title text to be centered within the current line.

R[IGHT]

Causes subsequent title text to be printed flush right.

BOLD

Makes your title bold by printing it three times. Only title text following the BOLD command is repeated on each line.

FOR[MAT]

Allows you to control how subsequent numeric data in the title is displayed.

format_spec

Is a string that specifies the display format to use for subsequent numeric data in the title.

text

Is any text you want to have in the title.

variable

Inserts the value of the specified ...

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