sunny313_at_hotmail.com (Sunny Singh) wrote in message news:<f3f27ff5.0109281323.134ad59e_at_posting.google.com>...
> postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl (Sybrand Bakker) wrote in message news:<a20d28ee.0109280505.7e6a6058_at_posting.google.com>...
> > sunny313_at_hotmail.com (Sunny Singh) wrote in message news:<f3f27ff5.0109271852.62ef0582_at_posting.google.com>...
> > > I want to execute a .sql file to (create a procedure) and exit out
> > > after that, without using 'exit;' in the .sql file or SQL prompt.
> > > Please help.
> >
> > If you don't have an explicit exit, sqlplus will issue an implicit exit.
> > What do you want to accomplish? The impossible?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
>
> SQLPLUS will keep on sitting on its SQL prompt if no exit/quit is
> found in .sql:
> Please see below:
>
> $ sqlplus sa/sa_at_lyweb @cr_tab.sql
>
> SQL*Plus: Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production on Fri Sep 28 14:19:41 2001
>
> (c) Copyright 2000 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
>
>
> Connected to:
> Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production
> With the Partitioning option
> JServer Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production
>
>
> Table created.
>
> SQL> (control stays here)...
>
> As you see, it did not exit. My question is How can we signal SQLPLUS
> to exit without really saying EXIT in .sql file. SQLPLUS did not do an
> implicit exit, as you can see.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
SQL*Plus will exit without an exit if called this way:
sqlplus user/password<<-EOF
