sqlplus command line editing: readline support

From: Neil Zanella <nzanella_at_garfield.cs.mun.ca>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 00:01:38 -0230
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0110092356550.27643-100000@garfield.cs.mun.ca>

Hello,

I wonder whether it is possible to have Oracle 8i / 9i behave in a way similar to mysql in terms of command line editing. In particular I am looking for a command history feature such as the one provided by the gnu readline library which is used in bash and afaik in mysql as well. Pressing the up arrow key should bring up the previous executed command and the down arrow brings up the next command. Anyone who has used the bash shell probably recalls having used this nift feature at some time or another. Now is this possible from Oracle's sqlplus command line interface? This would come in _REALLY_ handy.

Thanks,

Neil Received on Tue Oct 09 2001 - 21:31:38 CDT