SQL*Plus Command Support
This article contains descriptions of the SQL*Plus commands available in dbForge Studio for Oracle. Use these commands just like usual SQL statements. The commands are supported in both full and short forms.
This article contains descriptions of the SQL*Plus commands available in dbForge Studio for Oracle. Use these commands just like usual SQL statements. The commands are supported in both full and short forms.
Command |
Description |
Support |
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@
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Runs the SQL*PLus statements in the specified script. The script can be called from the local file system or from a web server. |
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@
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Runs a script. This command is similar to the @ ("at" sign) command. It is useful for running nested scripts because it looks for the specified script in the same path as the script from which it was called. |
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Executes the SQL command or PL/SQL block. |
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ACCEPT
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Reads a line of input and stores it in a given user variable. |
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APPEND
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Adds specified text to the end of the current line in the buffer. | |
ARCHIVE LOG
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Starts or stops the automatic archiving of online redo log files, manually (explicitly) archives specified redo log files, or displays information about redo log files. | |
ATTRIBUTE
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Specifies display characteristics for a given attribute of an Object Type column, and lists the current display characteristics for a single attribute or all attributes. | |
BREAK
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Specifies where and how formatting will change in a report, or lists the current break definition. | |
BTITLE
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Places and formats a specified title at the bottom of each report page, or lists the current BTITLE definition. | |
CHANGE
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Changes text on the current line in the buffer. | |
CLEAR
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Resets or erases the current clause or setting for the specified option, such as BREAKS or COLUMNS. |
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COLUMN
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Specifies display characteristics for a given column, or lists the current display characteristics for a single column or for all columns. | |
COMPUTE
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Calculates and prints summary lines, using various standard computations, on subsets of selected rows, or lists all COMPUTE definitions. | |
Connects a given user to Oracle. |
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COPY
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Copies results from a query to a table in a local or remote database. | |
DEFINE
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Specifies a user variable and assigns it a CHAR value, or lists the value and variable type of a single variable or all variables. |
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DEL
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Deletes one or more lines of the buffer. | |
DESCRIBE
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Lists the column definitions for the specified table, view, or synonym or the specifications for the specified function or procedure. |
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DISCONNECT
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Commits pending changes to the database and logs the current user off Oracle, but does not exit SQL*Plus. | |
EDIT
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Invokes a host operating system text editor on the contents of the specified file or on the contents of the buffer. | |
EXECUTE
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Executes a single PL/SQL statement. |
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EXIT
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Terminates SQL*Plus and returns control to the operating system. | |
GET
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Loads a host operating system file into the SQL buffer. | |
HELP
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Accesses the SQL*Plus help system. | |
HOST
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Executes a host operating system command without leaving SQL*Plus. | |
INPUT
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Adds one or more new lines after the current line in the buffer. | |
LIST
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Lists one or more lines of the SQL buffer. | |
PASSWORD
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Allows a password to be changed without echoing the password on an input device. | |
PAUSE
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Displays the specified text, then waits for the user to press [Return]. | |
PRINT
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Displays the current value of a bind variable. | |
PROMPT
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Sends the specified message to the user's screen. |
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QUIT
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Terminates SQL*Plus and returns control to the operating system. QUIT is identical to EXIT. | |
RECOVER
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Performs media recovery on one or more tablespaces, one or more datafiles, or the entire database. | |
REMARK
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Begins a comment in a script. |
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REPFOOTER
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Places and formats a specified report footer at the bottom of each report, or lists the current REPFOOTER definition. | |
REPHEADER
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Places and formats a specified report header at the top of each report, or lists the current REPHEADER definition. | |
RUN
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Lists and executes the SQL command or PL/SQL block currently stored in the SQL buffer. | |
SAVE
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Saves the contents of the SQL buffer in a host operating system file (a script). | |
SET
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Sets a system variable to alter the SQL*Plus environment for your current session. | |
SHOW
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Shows the value of a SQL*Plus system variable or the current SQL*Plus environment. | |
SHUTDOWN
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Shuts down a currently running Oracle instance. | |
SPOOL
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Stores query results in an operating system file and, optionally, sends the file to a printer. | |
START
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Executes the contents of the specified script. The script can only be called from a url. | |
STARTUP
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Starts an Oracle instance and optionally mounts and opens a database. | |
STORE
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Saves attributes of the current SQL*Plus environment in a host operating system file (a script). | |
TIMING
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Records timing data for an elapsed period of time, lists the current timer's title and timing data, or lists the number of active timers. | |
TTITLE
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Places and formats a specified title at the top of each report page, or lists the current TTITLE definition. | |
UNDEFINE
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Deletes one or more user variables that you defined either explicitly (with the DEFINE command) or implicitly (with an argument to the START command). | |
VARIABLE
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Declares a bind variable that can be referenced in PL/SQL. |
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WHENEVER OSERROR
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Performs the specified action Exits SQL*Plus if an operating system command generates an error. | |
WHENEVER SQLERROR
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Performs the specified action Exits SQL*Plus if a SQL command or PL/SQL block generates an error. |
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