Re: set sqlprompt to something useful

A copy of this was sent to ccyr6798_at_my-deja.com (if that email address didn't require changing) On Thu, 09 Dec 1999 20:36:02 GMT, you wrote:

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>I'd like to set my sqlprompt in my login to something like
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>user dbSID>
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>but can't get the stuff into the prompt.
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>set sqlp = select username||'> ' from user_users;
>doesn't work and neither does setting a variable.
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>how do I get it to eval the stuff on the right before making the
>assignment?
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I put something like this:

column global_name new_value gname
set termout off
select lower(user) || '@' ||
decode(global_name, 'ORACLE8.WORLD', '8.0', 'ORA8I.WORLD', '8i', global_name ) global_name from global_name; set termout on
set sqlprompt '&gname> '

into my login.sql. you cannot really get at the SID (environment variable -- you could problem do something with HOST) so I use the global database name.

>thanks,
>Cary
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Opinions are mine and do not necessarily reflect those of Oracle Corporation Received on Thu Dec 09 1999 - 15:08:15 CST