Re: creating output file from sqlplus

"DH" <my_generic_email_at_att.net> wrote:

> I know how to use the spool command in sql*plus to save the results to a
> file. But myquery is returning about 63,000 user IDs. I need these in a
> text output file that can be imported into a utility to correct a problem
> we're having. Using the spool command includes line numbers and headers
> that would have to be stripped out manually. Is there a way to create a
> file with simply the user IDs?
 

> (Hope this is the right group to post this - I couldn't find one for
> sql*plus)

Another thought is to use Excel via ODBC to Oracle (assuming that you have a windows desktop somewhere about)?

Paul...  

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