Re: Oracle 8i and sql*plus

"Michael L. Hostbaek" <michDEL_THIS_at_bsd.fr.eu.org> wrote in message news:slrn9r8ppe.6t4.michDEL_THIS_at_freebsdcluster.dk...
> Hi,
>
> I hope I am posting to the correct ng, if not please accept my
> apoligies.
>
> Anyway, I have an Oracle 8i running on a Linux Mandrake 7. I am
> connecting to the server with OpenSSH in aterm on my X system. When I am
> executing sqlplus, I can write my sql with no problem. After some
> tweaking I can use my [del] key as backspace. However, I can not use
> [arrow-up] to access my sql history. And I cannot move around in the
> current sqlcode, with the arrow-keys.
> This is very annoying, cause if I make one little mistake, I have to
> rewrite to sql.
>
> I hope some of the bright minds of this ng, can shed some light over my
> problem, and tell me what to do.
>
> Many thanks in advance..
>
> --
> Regards,
> Michael L. Hostbaek
> -= Thanks for all the fish.. =-
>

You should submit this to Oracle Support as a feature request. Ie the functionality you describe doesn't exist in *any* Oracle release. sql*plus is not written on top of bash, csh or ksh, it is a separate program.

Regards,

Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA Received on Fri Sep 28 2001 - 12:32:48 CDT