Re: A better SQL*Plus -- what features should it have?
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 22:32:11 +0100
Message-ID: <5tmlsusk8d1apt3h70ijm85qg910uo19qn_at_4ax.com>
On Thu, 07 Nov 2002 17:31:45 +0100, Matthias Rogel <rogel_at_web.de> wrote:
>toolsguy wrote:
>> I am developing a "better SQL*Plus". What features do you expect from a
>> better SQL*Plus?
>>
>> Up-arrow to bring back commands from history is an obvious feature that
>> is sorely missing in SQL*Plus. What else?
>>
>avoid using tnsnames.ora
>
>i think it is undocumented but it worked from oracle 7 on (even earlier
>?? - since SQL*Net 2 - i don't know exactly) that u don't need a
>tnsnames.ora
>instead using the alias specified there u can use the right hand-side of
>it in a (single line) string
>
>mr
As it is undocumented Oracle can remove it in any future release. Specifying the full connect string is also definitely clumsy.
Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
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