Re: Command Line

In order to access the table you need to login to the database. type sqplus user name password_at_ connect string, then you can update, select etc..
There is noway you can have access to the database without login to database.
Tom
Joseph Bogale <jlboga0_at_oxford.cslab.uky.edu> wrote in message news:Pine.GSO.4.03.10003230853140.6012-100000_at_oxford.cslab.uky.edu...
> I was assigned to make a minor update on oracle table that reside on HP-UX
> machine. I looked a source code that access the table and it uses the
> following command..
>
> if(!database.connected()){
> if (database.connect("ORACLE","","username","password","")!=0)
> HandleError(database.majorErrorCode(),database.majorErrorMessage())
> {
>
> My question is - How can i access the table on unix command line..
> For example, I want to be able to enter select * from tablename
> and see all the table rows without writing a script.
>
> What command line takes me to "table mode"?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
Received on Thu Mar 23 2000 - 23:36:28 CET