Re: Enhancement SQL*Plus (prev.: Re: Fixing a little problem in the login.sql script found in Tom Kyte's book)

Christopher.Jones_at_oracle.comX wrote:

> "Peter van Rijn" <p.vanrijnREMOVE_at_THISzhew.nl> writes:
> > Thanks for your comments. It certainly is an enhancement, but
> > what I really meant was an enhancement of the prompt itself. If
> > the prompt is set to use a variable it should be reset every
> > time a connect command has been used. If I understand you well
> > this has not (yet?) been realized.
>
> We're listening and Alison didn't give away all the good news,
> but I don't want to comment on futures in detail.
>
> Note the web based iSQL*Plus 9.2 already displays the current
> username and connect identifier in the status line.
>
> A comment on SQL*Plus changes: It is always hard to bring in
> features when someone, somewhere will complain their application
> is broken by the change. In SQL*Plus 9.0 we introduced the SET
> SQLPLUSCOMPATIBILITY option to cater for the RDBMS redefinition
> of NCHAR and to give us a little leeway to make future changes.
>
> In general, SQL scripts will be more portable if they explicitly
> set SQLPLUSCOMPATIBILITY. The next version of SQL*Plus will have
> an equivalent "-C" command-line option to make it easier to use
> (OK, I just did mention more futures!)
>
> Chris
>
> --
> Christopher Jones, Oracle Corporation, Australia.

I have a request from my students. The ability to change the font size in SQL*Plus.

They say it is hard to read when projected in a lecture hall.

Daniel Morgan Received on Fri Jan 17 2003 - 00:36:47 CST