September 2000
Intermediate to advanced
418 pages
11h 5m
English
Content preview from Oracle SQL: the Essential Reference
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6.1. Command-Line Syntax
SQL*Plus is a command-line utility and is usually invoked from a command prompt. The syntax for invoking SQL*Plus from a command prompt is as follows:
sqlplus [option] [username[/password][@hostname]] [@script] [parm1] [parm2] . . .
6.1.1. Keywords
option
Specifies an option that controls the operation of SQL*Plus and has the following syntax:
[-] [-?] [-M[ARKUP] HTML [ON | OFF] [HEAD text] [BODY text] [ENTMAP {ON | OFF}] [SPOOL {ON | OFF}] [PRE[FORMAT] {ON | OFF}]] [-R[ESTRICT] {1 | 2 | 3}] [-S[ILENT]] ]-
Displays the use and syntax of the SQL*Plus command line and then exits to the operating system.
-?
Displays the version number for SQL*Plus and then exits to the operating system.
MARKUP HTML
Specifies that HTML output be generated for this SQL*Plus session.
ON
Specifies that HTML output be generated using the options specified.
OFF
Specifies that HTML output not be generated. This option is the default.
HEAD
Specifies that text be used as content for the <HEAD> tag. Heading text must be enclosed within quotes. By default, text is `<TITLE>SQL*Plus Report</TITLE>'.
BODY
Specifies that text be used as content for the <BODY> tag. Body text must be enclosed within quotes.
ENTMAP ON
Specifies that SQL*Plus display the special characters "<", ">", and "&" as the HTML entities <, >, and &, respectively.
ENTMAP OFF
Specifies that SQL*Plus not change display of the special characters "<", ">", and "&".
SPOOL ON
Specifies that SQL*Plus write HTML ...
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