Exporting data to csv files

Question

Please can you help an Oracle newcomer?
Below is a script (which I took from the forums) that I used to
run in Lite to export data to a csv file.
As you can see I am having problems with running the same file
in 8i - It starts off OK i.e. asking for the name of the table
but then, instead of completing the full script it executes a
few lines then keeps asking me for the name of the table. I
suspect there is something wrng in my environment settings
(Comments ON etc.) but I have checked everything with no success.
Any help would be much appreciated as this is a really useful
script which I use the whole time.
Thanks very much for your help.
Regards
Andrew
SQL>
1 SET ECHO OFF
2 SET FEEDBACK OFF
3 SET HEADING OFF
4 SET PAGESIZE 0
5 SET TIMING OFF
6 SET VERIFY OFF
7 ACCEPT name_of_table PROMPT 'Enter the name of the table
you wish to convert: '
8 SPOOL query.sql
9 SELECT 'SPOOL ' || UPPER ('&name_of_table') || '.txt'
10 FROM DUAL;
11 SELECT 'SELECT ' || column_name
12 FROM all_tab_columns
13 WHERE table_name = UPPER ('&name_of_table')
14 AND column_id = 1;
15 SELECT '|| '','' || ' || column_name
16 FROM all_tab_columns
17 WHERE table_name = UPPER ('&name_of_table')
18 AND column_id > 1;
19 SELECT 'FROM ' || UPPER ('&name_of_table') || ';'
20 FROM DUAL;
21 SELECT 'SPOOL OFF'
22 FROM DUAL;
23 SPOOL OFF
24* START query
25 /
Enter value for name_of_table: new_table
old 9: SELECT 'SPOOL ' || UPPER ('&name_of_table') || '.txt'
new 9: SELECT 'SPOOL ' || UPPER ('new_table') || '.txt'
Enter value for name_of_table: new_table
old 13: WHERE table_name = UPPER ('&name_of_table')
new 13: WHERE table_name = UPPER ('new_table')
Enter value for name_of_table: new_table
old 17: WHERE table_name = UPPER ('&name_of_table')
new 17: WHERE table_name = UPPER ('new_table')
Enter value for name_of_table: New_table
old 19: SELECT 'FROM ' || UPPER ('&name_of_table') || ';'
new 19: SELECT 'FROM ' || UPPER ('New_table') || ';'
SET ECHO OFF
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00922: missing or invalid option

Answer 1

Thanks for your help - problem solved I was using Run sql file
instead of Start sql file - oops!