Re: what's the binary name for your SQLPlus & SQLLoader?

L. Tseng wrote:
>
> It seems to me that Oracle names their utilities differently on NT based on the version number.
> For example, SQLPlus has been named plus33, plus33w, sqlplus and SQL*Loader is called
> sqlldr73 in our NT environment. This makes it very difficult for us to distribute
> software that needs to use those utilities accross platforms and versions. I thought
> Oracle has been emphasizing their database's portability and I failed to understand
> why this name inconsistency happened.
>
> I think SQL*Loader and SQL*Plus are called sqlload and sqlplus on all unix platforms
> (correct me if I am wrong). Can someone give a hint as to what's the standard
> (or is there any) names for sqlplus and sqlloader on NT platforms?
> Thanks,
>
> Leslie

I agree with the problem of porting. I guess it's done this way so that you can have multiple versions of the one product, such as SQL*Plus. The work around would be to copy things such as plus33.exe to sqlplus.exe.

Leng.

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