Re: "_at_" unrecognized in Sqlplus

From: Joel Garry <joelga_at_rossinc.com>
Date: 1996/11/14
Message-ID: <1996Nov14.150855.29815_at_rossinc.com>#1/1


In article <56chpb$los_at_newton.pacific.net.sg> N Prabhakar <prabhs_at_po.pacific.net.sg> writes:
>sullma_at_atl.com (Steve Ullman) wrote:
>>I have this weird problem with SQL plus. It doesn't seem to recognize
>>the at sign "_at_" when I'm trying to execute a script. It's as if the
>>character doesn't exist. I type in the _at_ and it's as if I typed in
>>nothing. I can't even backspace over it. I've checked my terminal type
>>and it seems fine. What else could it be?
>>
>>Thanks in advance for any help.
>>
>>Steve Ullman
>>Advanced Technology Laboratories
>>sullma_at_atl.com
>>
>
>Hi there,
>
>It is probable that your '_at_' character is mapped to kill at the OS level
>(unix). If you type stty -a at your OS prompt, you can see '_at_' mapped to
>kill command. If so, replace '_at_' character with some other character or
>'Ctrl u'.
>
>I am not sure how to map this, but this was the problem which we faced
>some time back.

In your .profile or .login put the line:

stty kill "^U"

that is, the caret (shift-6) followed by the U.

>
>
>Regards
>
>N.Prabhakar
>Socgen Crosby Securities
>Singapore
>
>
>

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