Re: SQLPLUS

In article <3jf143$qnl_at_aplinfo.jhuapl.edu>

           stan_novinsky_at_jhuapl.edu "Stan Novinsky" writes:

> aj583_at_lafn.org (Stephen Newhouse) wrote:
>
> > help is not automatically installed. You have to tell the installation
> > script to install help (it asks you when you create the instance).
> > Of course, you haven't indicated the platform for 7.1 that you are
> > running under... I refer to Unix, VMS platforms. Personal 7.1 has a help
> > system through windows. If you've got unix/vms you might look for a
> > script file like 'HELPINS.SQL' that would install for you, assuming that
> > you have enough space in your system tablespace.
>
> Thanks for the reply Stephen. I received several responses to this
> posting. Thanks all for the help. As a note Stephen, I have
> ORACLE7.1 installed on a VAX 4000/90 with OpenVMS 6.1.
>

You may be interested to know that the automatic install(I've been using AIX and Oracle 7.1.4) of sqlplus help does not work outside of the Oracle installer.

You have to edit the sql loader ctrl files to get helpins to run from the command line.

You also need to create the help table and index manually. The files are in the directory $ORACLE_HOME/sqlplus/help? I think.

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