Re: backspace doesn't work in sqlplus

From: Bruno Jargot <see_at_reply.to.invalid>
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 17:03:42 +0100
Message-ID: <gdeu2u0tinvfc0taq3kideuiau4fjms0rm@4ax.com>

On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 14:57:48 +0000, Andy Campbell wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I'm using a sqlplus on LINUX and for some reason backspace doesn't work
>from sqlplus. It's works fine from the OS but turns into ^? as soon as I
>enter sqlplus.
>
>I can do !stty erase ^H from sqlplus, but thats annoying everytime. I could add it
>to my glogin.sql but its a bit of a hack.

I think that your problem comes from the ORACLE_TERM variable. Under the shell, TERM is used but under sqlplus, ORACLE_TERM is probably used if defined.

Try with an undefined ORACLE_TERM. Received on Sun Dec 30 2001 - 10:03:42 CST