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# 1  
Old 07-23-2006
piping oracle output to a file?

Hi All...

Does anyone know how to pipe the output of a "select" statement from a call to Oracle to a file?

ANy ideas woule be greatly appreciated!

Code is as below...

echo "producing CSV file 2..."
sqlplus -s $username/$password@$database<<EOF

set serveroutput on size 1000000
set verify off
set feedback off
set pagesize 0
VARIABLE vi_err NUMBER

SELECT empno||','||ename||','||job||','||mgr||hiredate||','||sal||','||comm||','||deptno FROM emp;
EXIT:vi_err
EOF
# 2  
Old 07-24-2006
spool

Why dont you spool the output to a file
Code:
set serveroutput on size 1000000
set verify off
set feedback off
set pagesize 0
spool filename
VARIABLE vi_err NUMBER

SELECT empno||','||ename||','||job||','||mgr||hiredate||','||sal||','||comm||','||deptno FROM emp;
spool off
EXIT:vi_err
EOF

# 3  
Old 07-24-2006
If you want to use redirection to a file ..try this.Now testing.dat will have the sql output.

X=`sqlplus -s user/pwd@host<<eof
set serveroutput on;
set feedback off;
set linesize 1000;
select * from table where rownum<5;
EXIT;
eof`

echo $X>testing.dat
# 4  
Old 07-24-2006
Thanks!

Cheers lads! v useful tips.

I also found another way... as below.

{
echo "set pagesize 0"
echo "SELECT empno||','||ename||','||job||','||mgr||hiredate||','||sal||','||comm||','||deptno "\
"FROM emp;"
} | sqlplus -s $username/$password@$database >> $root_dir/$csv_file1

Kind Regards

Satnam
# 5  
Old 07-28-2006
hi satnam.. is there a way not to mention the user name and pasword in the script. i have a requirement like this. i have to run a sql query using shell scripts. once the query is run, the results have to be stored in a data file. if any values are returned by the query, it should display an error msg to the user or else it has to exit. pls help me with this as i am totally new to shell scripting and i just started to learn..
# 6  
Old 05-04-2007
Please explain this code snippet to me

Hi all,
I am new to shell scripting and want to know how this code works.

{
echo "set pagesize 0"
echo "SELECT empno||','||ename||','||job||','||mgr||hiredate||','||sal||','||comm||','||deptno "\
"FROM emp;"
} | sqlplus -s $username/$password@$database >> $root_dir/$csv_file1

Thanks in advance.
# 7  
Old 05-04-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by samuelc
Hi all,
I am new to shell scripting and want to know how this code works.

{
echo "set pagesize 0"
echo "SELECT empno||','||ename||','||job||','||mgr||hiredate||','||sal||','||comm||','||deptno "\
"FROM emp;"
} | sqlplus -s $username/$password@$database >> $root_dir/$csv_file1

Thanks in advance.
Code:
{
  echo "...
} | sqlplus

basically collects all of the "echo" command's output as a group and they are piped through to Oracle's sqlplus command processor. So it behaves just like running sqlplus interactively and you typing in those commands.

Code:
>> $root_dir/$csv_file1

directs the output from the SQL commands to a file on the UNIX server. The path and filename are in variables $root_dir and $csv_file.

Ultimately, the SQL is building a csv (comma delimited) file that will be used for, presumably, as an input to another system.

Thomas
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