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mbiker <annon_at_someaddress.com> writes:
> I have some SQL Plus scripts that help me load data. I now need to
> add some more complicated logic so PL/SQL is required. The PL/SQL
> will need a loop which calls the existing SQL Plus scripts passing a
> date.
>
> Is this possible?
>
> Rewriting the existing SQL Plus scripts to use PL/SQL would be a large
> job. These scripts work and have been in production for a while. I
> would like to avoid making major changes.
Depending on what the subscripts do and whether/when the loaded data needs PL/SQL post-processing, you may be able to do something like:
set serveroutput on
set trimspool off
set termout off
spool parent.sql
begin
dbms_output.put_line('@myscript.sql '||to_char(sysdate,'DD-MON-YYYY')); dbms_output.put_line('@myscript.sql '||'01-JAN-2002'); dbms_output.put_line('exit');
set termout on
@parent.sql
Chris
-- Christopher Jones, Oracle Corporation, Australia.Received on Tue Jul 16 2002 - 22:17:48 CDT