RE: Why does script have more than one slash(/) inside?

Maryann,

It could mean very bad things.

For example. If you have the following:

Insert into table as select * from another_table
/
/

The insert will run twice. Try it. You may not like it.

A slash means to execute what's in the sqlplus sql buffer. So whatever is in there will be executed.

Tom Mercadante
Oracle Certified Professional

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Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 1:39 PM
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Sorry if I bore you all with my dumb questions, its just that the simplest and silliest things appear complex, if we dont know them... Often when I learn something, I go : was that all? and they go, yes, yes, that was all... Well, let me show you what I mean..

What does it mean when a .sql script has more than one slashes(/) inside it?

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