Re: SQL*PLUS Editor

Sybrand Bakker <Sybrand.Bakker_at_bentley.nl> wrote:

>chwinbab_at_ibmmail.com (Mario A. Babini) wrote:
>>Anyone an idea how to bypass the severe limitations of the SQL*PLUS Editor in a Windows client?
>>
>Mario,
 

>Sql*plus has two editors always, the line editor used by entering
>commands like 'c/user_/all_'. You also can use an ordinary screen editor
>by giving the command ed. SQL*Plus will save your buffer to the file
>afiedt.buf and invoke the editor you defined. To do this you should have
>the variable '_editor' defined, so the command 'define _editor =
>notepad.exe' should enable you to use notepad, which is the default.

Unfortumately that 'edit' command isn't very reliable. For me it works the first time or two I try it. Afterwards it kicks me into a dos shell that exits back to windows almost as soon as it enters it.

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