Re: sql plus handling spaces...

devmcg03_at_gmail.com wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I need an answer to a very urgent problem with sqlplus.
> I try to launch (from a Java class) sqlplus or plus80, or plus80w, on
> Win
> NT, with the following command line:
>
>
> sqlplus -s user/password @path\sqlfile1
>
>
> The problem comes when the "path" includes spaces (for example
> c:\program
> files\myapp\sql\).
> In this case sqlplus tries to load the file c:\program.sql !!!
> I discovered that if I use single quotes the problem is solved for the
> command line:
>
>
> sqlplus -s user/password @'path\sqlfile1'
>
>
> But, if the "sqlfile1" calls itself a new sql file like in
>
>
> ...
> @@sqlfile2
> ...
>
>
> which is supposed to use the same path like sqlfile1 (the caller),
> again
> sqlplus tries to find the file c:\program.sql
>
>
> Is there any solution to this problem? Is it possible to load in
> sqlplus a
> file from a directory which has spaces in its name, and this file to
> call
> other files from the same directory (with @@)?
>
>
> I will appreciate any help.

1. Don't place sql files in a directory with spaces in names.
2. Change long names (with spaces) to DOS 8.3 short name e.g. C:\>for /F "tokens=*" %A in ("c:\program files\your file.sql") do echo %~sA
3. Change current directory to where the sql files are before launching sqlplus.

Regards
/Rauf Received on Tue Jul 18 2006 - 11:15:11 CDT