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Re: Defaulting the parameters in a sqlplus script.

From: Galen Boyer <galenboyer_at_hotpop.com>
Date: 20 May 2004 09:02:05 -0500
Message-ID: <uvfirjj2k.fsf@standardandpoors.com>


On Thu, 20 May 2004, nospam_at_noway.nohow wrote:
> On 19 May 2004 10:21:15 -0500, Galen Boyer
> <galenboyer_at_hotpop.com> wrote:
>

>>On Wed, 19 May 2004, micadot{at}altern{dot}org wrote:
>>> 
>>> "Galen Boyer" <galenboyer_at_hotpop.com> a écrit dans le message
>>> de news:ulljosfg5.fsf_at_standardandpoors.com...
>>>> Is this possible, so that you don't have to pass all
>>>> parameters at the command-line?  I'm on 9i if there are any
>>>> later features for this.
>>>>
>>> 
>>> You can use "define" in your login.sql to default the
>>> parameter value: define 1="first parameter" define 2="second
>>> parameter" ...
>>
>>Yeah,
>>
>>I didn't really want to do it that way, but ...

>
> I'm kind of curious as to why do don't want to do it that way.
> If you want certain defaults -- for *anything* -- you have to
> set them *somewhere*. How is setting them in login.sql any
> different -- and less desireable -- than setting them somewhere
> else -- in some other file?

I was hoping that a sqlplus script would allow me to not pass in a parameter and still not prompt me for it, by defaulting it.

-- 
Galen Boyer
Received on Thu May 20 2004 - 09:02:05 CDT

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