Re: How can I retreive previous commands?

In article <8rkei6$1t9$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>,   webqueen, queen of the web <webqueen_at_my-deja.com> wrote:
> Im MySQL I hit up-arrow and can bring back the last command, or
> pressing it n-times to go back to the nth previous command, I can then
> line edit and botta-bing botta-boom I generate a new query.
>
> At the 8i line, pressing up-arrow returns ^[[A instead, Is there a
> setting that enables this, or some other means to go back? Its slow,
> tedious and annoying to have to repeatedly type in long queries.
>
> HUG,
> PG
>
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Well you can of course *save* your sql, can you?

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