Re: sqlplus : How to turn off output to terminal ?

From: Dave Macpherson <dave_at_fifthd.ca>
Date: 1997/03/03
Message-ID: <331af72b.251408119@news.sas.ab.ca>#1/1

On 1 Mar 1997 13:06:16 GMT, alexjent_at_aol.com (AlexJent) wrote:

>You can't(dont' want) to do that. The only way for data to get to the
>file there must be output from running your script.
>
>However, if you are in a UNIX environment you can redirect the output to
>the null device while you spool to a file. This will avoid collecting
>massive amounts of data in log files etc.
>
>Good luck.
>
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Actually, that is not correct. You can SET TERMOUT OFF and still spool the output to a file.

Dave Received on Mon Mar 03 1997 - 00:00:00 CST