Re: Oracle #1? Then why are these still missing...

A copy of this was sent to AleX <korrozia_at_my-deja.com> (if that email address didn't require changing) On Thu, 29 Jul 1999 18:17:57 GMT, you wrote:

>In article <37a096e2.19069820_at_news.tcp.co.uk>,
> tkingsley_at_systemprot.com (Tom Kingsley) wrote:
>> >It has built in editing commands -- just use some of them like this:
>> >
>> >SQL> select * from a big typo here
>> > 2 ;
>> >select * from a big typo here
>> > *
>> >ERROR at line 1:
>> >ORA-00933: SQL command not properly ended
>> >
>> >
>> >SQL> 1
>> > 1* select * from a big typo here
>> >SQL> c/a big typo here/dual
>> > 1* select * from dual
>> >SQL> /
>> >
>> >D
>> >-
>> >X
>> >
>> >SQL>
>
>Actually, this function doesn't seem to work in 8.0.5
>
>
>FLO> select * from ddd;
>select * from ddd
> *
>ERROR at line 1:
>ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
>
>
>FLO> 1
> 1* select * from ddd
>FLO> c/a ddd/dual

FLO> c/ddd/dual

will work -- what is the "/a " from?

>String not found.
>FLO>
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