From: dave@fifthd.ca (Dave Macpherson) Subject: Re: sqlplus : How to turn off output to terminal ? Date: 1997/03/03 Message-ID: <331af72b.251408119@news.sas.ab.ca>#1/1 References: <19970301130601.IAA19142@ladder02.news.aol.com> Organization: Software Alberta Society, Edmonton, Canada Reply-To: dave@fifthd.ca Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.misc On 1 Mar 1997 13:06:16 GMT, alexjent@aol.com (AlexJent) wrote: >You can't(dont' want) to do that. The only way for data to get to the >file there must be output from running your script. > >However, if you are in a UNIX environment you can redirect the output to >the null device while you spool to a file. This will avoid collecting >massive amounts of data in log files etc. > >Good luck. > > > > >Alex Jentilucci - Consultant >Information System Dynamics, Inc >Minneapolis, MN 55323 >Tele: 612-476-7395 FAX: 612-473-5954 E-Mail: infosys@aol.com > >E-Mail Work: jentilucci@notes.seagate.com > Home: AlexJent@aol.com > Actually, that is not correct. You can SET TERMOUT OFF and still spool the output to a file. Dave