Re: output Question!

In <CDMEIv.90n_at_bstone.demon.co.uk> ian_at_bstone.demon.co.uk (Ian Steel) writes:

>Dr P.G. Sjoerdsma (pgs1002_at_cus.cam.ac.uk) wrote:
>: Hello guys,
 

>: I have a question about solving an output problem in Oracle. At this
 

>: How do I do this??
>: I can loop over every core and every description
>: using PL/SQL and the CURSOR construct, but from within PL/SQL there is
>: no output possible?????
 

>You could use PRO*C with an embedded PL/SQL block. This would allow you to
>use the file/directory commands available in C with the processing power &
>db walking ability of PL/SQL.

Or you could use PL/SQL to create a "results" table and then use SQL*Plus to query it when the PL/SQL block terminates.

I do this quite often and it isn't really a burden.

-tom

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