Re: VI in SQLPLUS: still the same mess.

From: Matthias Hoys <anti_at_spam.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 15:03:03 +0100
Message-ID: <43d4e219$0$13884$ba620e4c@news.skynet.be>

"vigi98" <vigi98_at_free.fr> wrote in message news:1138024440.387513.10130_at_g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi all,
>
> MAYDAY !
>
> On thousands of web pages, I read that you have to type "define
> _editor=vi" under SQLPLUS to have a vi-like cmd line but it did never
> work for me.
>
> What am I doing wrong ? (I precise that I already tried with the full
> path of vi , ie "define _editor=/usr/bin/vi".
>
> Thanks a lot in advance for your help.
>

I don't think you can have a command-line vi inside sql*plus like this. "define _editor=vi" only sets the editor to use when you type the "EDIT" command (to change your previous sql*plus command).

Matthias Received on Mon Jan 23 2006 - 08:03:03 CST