Re: editing in sql*plus
Date: 1997/06/27
Message-ID: <5p0mvt$ot3_at_info.csufresno.edu>#1/1
In article <5p0fl2$fla_at_news.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE>,
Gerhard Moeller <Gerhard.Moeller_at_OFFIS.Uni-Oldenburg.de> wrote:
>Hi, the line editing in sql*plus is awksome. sql*plus supports the
>edit command but that's about it. Arrowkeys do not work, a history is
>not supported. Beeing like that, any to-date shell is far ahead in its
>editing capabilities.
>
>Am I missing something? Can the arrowkeys and history be enabled for
>SQL*Plus?
Awksome... That is a good description. You can't really call SQL Plus's environment an editor. I don't use the editor in SQL Plus at all. Instead, I use a free-ware editor, PFE. It is the slickest editor around (IMO) for PL/SQL -- I would recommend it to everyone.
You can find it at: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/people/cpaap/pfe/
Regards,
Steve Cosner
http://members.aol.com/stevec5088
QA: Dynamic browse & update utility form available (upgraded to version 0.7e 05-May-1997) Received on Fri Jun 27 1997 - 00:00:00 CEST