Re: simple sql problem

The way you're doing it sqlplus is trying to parse the SQL as a command line argument, which will not work.

Try these:

1.

echo "select * from dual;" | sqlplus scott/tiger

2.

sqlplus scott/tiger <<EOF
select * from dual;
EOF Jared

On Monday 03 December 2001 21:10, Viraj Luthra wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Why cannot I do :-
>
> sqlplus -s scott/tiger select * from emp;
>
> or sqlplus -s scott/tiger "select * from emp;"
>
> Both the cases I get :-
>
> Usage: SQLPLUS [<option>] [<user>[/<password>] [@<host>]]
> [@<startfile> [<parm1>] [<parm2>] ...]
> where <option> ::= { -s | -? }
> -s for silent mode and -? to obtain version number
>
>
> What is wrong above? I need to run the query from command line. How do I
> modify this :-
>
> sqlplus -s scott/tiger select * from emp;
>
>
> Rgds,

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