sqlplus – Learning is not a spectator sport

The HOST command in SQL*Plus and SQLcl

Truth be told, the original title of this post was going to be “How I lost an entire day debugging

Just a quick tip to solve a common issue that is catching people out. The EZconnect syntax is a great

Here is another example of what I’m sure will just become a plethora of such examples from the community on

Need to get a bunch from rows out of the database? Most people are aware of the ARRAYSIZE parameter to

Anyone that has used SQL Plus since its inception will be familiar with this frustration: There is my window, with

As the world continues to get smaller, it makes sense for all databases to be defined to handle more than

There’s a nice little touch to the “set feedback” command in SQL PLus in 12.2. There is a new “only”

Excuse the hideous pun in the title. All will become clear shortly. Often we use SQL Plus to run scripts

This “problem” rates in the top 10 all time viewed questions on AskTom, and it demonstrates the importance of reading

SQL Plus does not appear to be bothered by the direction of slashes, ie “/” or “\” in its scripts