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Re: why is my query editor and command line out of sync?

From: Ron Reidy <rereidy_at_indra.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2001 14:00:21 -0700
Message-ID: <3C0FDC65.ED6A5F5C@indra.com>


Sara wrote:
>
> I'm in sqlplus, and I enter a query then execute it. Then I type
> "edit" and the query the pops up in the editor isn't the one I just
> used.
>
> Also, when I exit the editor, and press "/-ret", it executes the
> previous sql command that I typed at the sqlplus prompt. It totally
> ignores what I just created in the editor.
>
> mysql up-arrow to retrieve and edit sql commands is about 1000 times
> easier than this, and the fact that it WORKS is nice too...
>
> GX

If you want mysql up/down arrow functionality, look at http://sourceforge.net/projects/yasql

The rest of the problems are not described well enoght to give help with (i.e., Oracle version, platform, editor you are using, login.sql files, system wide login.sql settings).

-- 
Ron Reidy
Oracle DBA
Reidy Consulting, L.L.C.
Received on Thu Dec 06 2001 - 15:00:21 CST

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