Re: text editor

Or you could try setting the "EDITOR" environment variable to "vi".

e.g. EDITOR=vi

I.

"Howard J. Rogers" <dba_at_hjrdba.com> wrote in message news:ae4fgv$d7v$1_at_lust.ihug.co.nz...
> use:
>
> SQL> define _editor=vi
>
> (That's "define space underscore editor nospace equals nospace vi")
>
> You can also create a file called login.sql in the directory from where
you
> normally run sql plus (it's just a text file). Stick that same line in
this
> document, and vi will be set as your default editor every time you run
> sqlplus without further effort on your part.
>
> In ORACLE_HOME/sqlplus there's a file called glogin.sql which does the
same
> thing on a global basis -all users pick up that file's settings, wherever
> they call it from.
>
> Regards
> HJR
>
>
>
> "Warrant" <webmaster_at_cedsrl.it> wrote in message
> news:wViN8.22650$TS.697667_at_news1.tin.it...
> > Hello, I need to configure "vi" on sqlplus. At the promt of sqlplus if
> write
> > vi must open the the text editor windows.
> > My oracle relase is 8.1.6 on linux suse
> > Somebody can help me?
> >
> >
> > Thank You.
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Tue Jun 11 2002 - 06:45:13 CDT