Re: Form Feed in SQL*Plus

A Control-L. I don't see any reason why escape sequences wouldn't work where a control L would.

For fancier formatting you might set tab on and spool to a file then pipe it through an awk script or something.

>:
>: To put a form feed in SQL*Plus, I add the following line BEFORE
>: my select:
>:
>: ttitle left '^L'
>:
>: The control-L is a form feed and works on my SCO unix systems and
>: Suns talking to HP and postscript printers (using a ps translator).
>:
>
>Is this an actual <FF> ie. Octal 014 or a caret + L?
>
>Also, Is this the way you can embed <ESCAPE> sequences to, for example,
>set the laser printer into condensed or landscape mode? If not how can
>you send <escape> sequences from SQL*PLUS to set up the printer in the
>mode that you want?
>
>Lez
 

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