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Oracle SQL*Plus: The Definitive Guide
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Oracle SQL*Plus: The Definitive Guide

by Jonathan Gennick
March 1999
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
528 pages
14h 39m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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SPOOL

The SPOOL command is used to write output to a text file. You must use this if you are going to print a report. The only way to print a report is to spool it to a file, then print that file. See Chapter 3 for an example of SPOOL being used to generate a report file. SPOOL may also be used to generate a new file of SQL commands to be executed. Chapter 7 shows you how to take advantage of that powerful technique.

SP[OOL] file_name|OFF|OUT

where:

SP[OOL]

May be abbreviated to SP.

file_name

Is the name of the file to which you want to write the report. The default extension depends on the operating system, and will be either LST or LIS. Under Windows 95 and NT, it is LST. A path may be specified as part of the filename.

OFF

Turns spooling off. You must have turned spooling on before you can turn it off.

OUT

Turns spooling off, and prints the file on the default printer. This option is not available in the Windows versions of SQL*Plus.

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