Re: problems with sql*plus buffer

SqlPlus is not a scripting too ( as you have discovered)l..Try SqlPlus Worksheet - It has editing and command history features..

"Michael L. Hostbaek" <carlos_at_pez.dk> wrote:

>hmmm.. what is the use of the 'list' command then ? I mean, you should
>be able to issue a list command to see the last XX commands in the
>history buffer.
>
>I know editing is hopless in sql*plus - however I will not make OS files
>for every little command I am writing. I would like to be able to select
>fx. the third last command and re-run it.. it should be possible..
>
>/mich
>
>Alan Mills tried to tell us something, and all I got was:
>> As far as I know, you can't do that.
>>
>> Save your scripts as OS files and execute them with the 'start' command or
>> open them for editing with the 'get' command.
>>
>> You're better off editting them as OS files anyway. SQL*Plus is hardly the
>> best editor any of us has seen is it?
>>
>> "Michael L. Hostbaek" <carlos_at_pez.dk> wrote in message
>> news:slrnaq82hk.1e5r.carlos_at_freebsdcluster.dk...
>> > Group,
>> >
>> > When using the sql*plus - I have probs. with my buffer. When I type list
>> > it only shows the last command... I would like for it to keep a longer
>> > history... how do I do that?
>> >
>> > thanks
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Regards,
>> > Michael L. Hostbaek
>> > -= So long, and thanks for all the fish.. =-
>> >
>>
>>

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