Re: Invoking vi from within sql*plus

In sqlplus, type define _editor=vi
which will set it for the session. There's a file called glogin.sql it's a global sql parameter file (should be in ORACLE_HOME path somewhere, can't recall exactly where) that you can include the above line to make it permanent.

Mark Aurit wrote:

> I was on a project using hp/ux and the bourne shell. From the sql*plus
>
> comand line, I could enter "edit x.x" and Id go into vi in full screen
>
> mode.
> Now Im on another project, again using hp/ux, this time using the c
> shell,
> and when I enter the same thing, I get:
> ?x.x
> and Im apparently in a line editor.
>
> Can someone tell me what parameter in what file makes full screen
> happen? I
>
> suspect its a UNIX thing, but Im not sure where to start.
>
> Thanks, Mark
> mark_aurit_at_mail.northgrum.com
Received on Fri Nov 14 1997 - 00:00:00 CST