Re: urgent help needed!! - connecting to db through unix script

In article <Epwqv2.C8r_at_ccc.amdahl.com>,
  "WayneB" <Wayne_Leone_at_notes.amdahl.com> wrote:

Try sqlplus script to output values to a file, then a Korn Shell read loop setting up the export commands.

You may need to add a shell layer to the session. I have never been able to ripple the new environment variables back up the the calling shell. But I am not a Unix heavy--someone else can probably point you better at that one.

>
> Hi all,
>
> This is someting I need to solve as soon as possible.
>
> From unix shell script I need to
>
> 1. Connect to a database
> 2. Retrieve values from a table
> 3. For each value, assign to an environment variable.
> 4. Close connection
>
> When the scripts finishes, I need to be able to see the environment
> variables
> by doing 'set' or 'env' (doesn't matter which one just so long as I can see
> the values
> from the command prompt).
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Wayne Leone
>
>

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