RE: Parameter to teh spool command

If you want to get fancy, you can use the time in the name of the spool file:

column thedateandtime noprint new_value ReportDate

select to_char((SYSDATE), 'YYYYMMDDHHMI') thedate from dual;

spool &thedateandtime

...

Steve Monaghan
WorldCom

> -----Original Message-----
> From: root_at_fatcity.com [mailto:root_at_fatcity.com]On Behalf Of Steve Boyd
> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 11:38 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Re: Parameter to teh spool command
>
>
> Very simple indeed. Just use &1 for the first argument, &2 for
> the second,
> etc.
>
> Of course, you can set define to something other than &, but why?
>
>
> >From: "Witold Iwaniec" <wiwaniec_at_novalistech.com>
> >Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
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> >Subject: Parameter to teh spool command
> >Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 06:16:40 -0800
> >
> >Hi all
> >
> >I guess it is very simple but I must be missing something...
> >
> >I would like to use a parameter for the spool filename so that I can
> >run my script number of times and keep all spool files.
> >But using:
> >
> >spool $1.log
> > (or spool %1.log in Windows)
> >does not do it.
> >
> >Can I do it in the sql script or do I have to go for other tools to
> >generate the file name and open it?
> >
> >Regards
> >
> >Witold
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