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Oracle SQL: the Essential Reference
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Oracle SQL: the Essential Reference

by David C. Kreines
September 2000
Intermediate to advanced
418 pages
11h 5m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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SPOOL
SPOOL

Displays the current spooling status.

SPO[OL] [filename[.extension]] | [OFF | OUT]

Spools all subsequent SQL*Plus output to a file.

Keywords

filename[.extension]

The filename and optional extension for the file to which the output will be written. If an extension is not supplied, .LIS or .LST (depending on the platform) will be used as the extension.

OFF

Stops spooling.

OUT

Stops spooling, and sends the output file to the default printer. This option is not supported on all platforms. For example, it is not supported under Windows.

The SPOOL OFF command must be supplied when spooling is complete or the spooled file will not be saved.

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