Frank van Bortel wrote:
> Daniel Morgan wrote:
>
>> Sunil wrote:
>>
>>>> you can save
>>>> ALL of your sqlplus settings to a sql script file and then reset
>>>> them at a
>>>> later point. There is an example of this (and a lot more useful stuff
>>>> besides) at www.ixora.com.au/scripts (you will find the sqlplus
>>>> settings
>>>> ones under prerequisites).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Is it possible to save a particular value in a sqlplus variable and
>>> later
>>> set it back to the original value.
>>>
>>> I need to do something like this. I am adding a call to new sql
>>> script to a
>>> huge sql script which has calls to other sql scripts. I need to do "set
>>> define off" in my script but I need to set the value of define to
>>> what was
>>> there originally at the end of my script. The solution at
>>> www.ixora.com.au/scripts will work for me. But I am interested in
>>> knowing if
>>> there is any easier way as I am interested in only the "define" value
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Sunil.
>>
>>
>>
>> No. From the sounds of what you are writing you shouldn't be writing
>> scripts but rather procedures. If you want to store values ... store
>> them in a table and query them back into memory when the proc is run.
>>
> I'd say there's some miscommunication here...
> The OP just wants to remember a variable value in a SQL*Plus
> (assumption) script. Lookup 'new value' in the SQL*Plus guide, if that's
> what you are using.
>
> But you don't need it - set define off will just disable it, not change
> the value. Set it on again, and it has the original value again.
> And... it is session dependent. Exit at the end of your script, and
> you're done. Any new session will have the default value.
I think you are correct. Thanks.
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Received on Thu Jan 08 2004 - 19:35:40 CST
