Re: SQL*PLUS ed on Win 95/Netware

I have a suspicion that you don't have the right to create a file in your $ORACLE_HOME\bin directory. I'm assuming that you are running SQL*Plus off the network. The aifedt.buf file will get written to the working dirctory of SQL*Plus, which, consequently, is the $ORACLE_HOME\bin directory by defualt. If it is installed on your local machine, I would check your security settings to make sure that you can indeed create a file there. Personally, I prefer to make my working directory something other than the bin directory.

My $0.02.

Dan Peacock
Business Sys. Analyst/DBA
Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

In article <3572D654.63E6C649_at_cams.co.uk>,   Jason Selby <jselby_at_cams.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I'm running ORACLE 7.1.4.3.4 client/server on Win95/Netware. I have a
> niggle which is that when I want to edit an sql command within SQL*PLUS
> the first time I type ED it envokes the notepad and I can edit my
> command no bother but after that a DOS box flashes up and it creates an
> Afiedt.buf file on my desktop. The only way round is to keep closing
> down SQL*Plus or cut and paste from a text editor without using ED at
> all.
>
> Anybody having the same problem ?
>
> TIA
>
> Jason
>
>

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