Re: REPOST: Re: why is my query editor and command line out of sync?

joel-garry_at_home.com (Joel Garry) wrote in message news:<0$--$$-$$_%%-%%%%$@news.noc.cabal.int>...

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> genericax_at_hotmail.com (Sara) wrote in message news:<776e0325.0112191035.73e2bceb_at_posting.google.com>...
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> > By the way- now the edit IS WORKING.. I don't know if our admin
> > changed something, or maybe Im in another dir and its OK there? Oh
> > well when it breaks again I'll revisit all of the items you listed for
> > clues..
> >
>
> This now sounds very much like an environment variable issue,
> particularly the variable EDITOR. Make your admin fess up! :-)
>
> Check the dates on files like /etc/profile, and .profile and .bashrc
> in your $HOME directory. Look for exports of EDITOR. Try setting it
> last in your .bashrc without exporting, see if that makes a
> difference. Try setting it to something besides /bin/vi (or
> whatever). The idea here is, it was set correctly for your primary
> shell, but when you executed a subshell by saying edit in SQL it did
> something else, or vice versa. The equivalent in csh would be .login
> and .cshrc, look for set and setenv, setenv is the equivalent of
> exporting. Exporting means making variables available to subshells,
> but if you have an rc file that resets variables it could be very
> confusing.
>
> It could also have been in the oracle login that starts up oracle...
> if it is ksh, look for .profile and .kshrc files.
>
> And remember, never use csh for production scripts! But don't believe
> me, see Unix Power Tools.
>
> Enquiring minds want to know what the problem was!
>
> jg
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