Adding more statements to the sql commands window

Question

Hi, I'm using oracle database express edition10g and I just started using oracle.
And I'm having a problem adding more then one statement inside the sql commands gui window.
I write:
CREATE TABLE "testTable" (
     "field1" VARCHAR2(2),
     "field2" NUMBER(2,0),
     "field3" NUMBER(2,0),
     CONSTRAINT "Test_PK" PRIMARY KEY("field1")
Oracle reports: table created
I write
DROP TABLE testTable;
CREATE TABLE "testTable" (
     "field1" VARCHAR2(2),
     "field2" NUMBER(2,0),
     "field3" NUMBER(2,0),
     CONSTRAINT "Test_PK" PRIMARY KEY("field1")
Oracle reports: ORA-00911: invalid character
I remove the ; char
ORA-00933: SQL command not properly ended
I look in the help files and it sais that ; / and nothing is allowed to end a operation.
I gues ; is a valid char so it's reporting something else?
I tried pasting my code inside wordpad and even retyping it. Mayby I have a hidden char? =>same error.
When I run drop and create seperatly it works.
When I run both sql statements inside sql+ it works
What m I doing wrong?

Answer 1

To run multiple SQL in one shot, you need to save them as SQL batch file,
Save your statements as recreate.sql
DROP TABLE testTable;
CREATE TABLE "testTable" (
"field1" VARCHAR2(2),
"field2" NUMBER(2,0),
"field3" NUMBER(2,0),
CONSTRAINT "Test_PK" PRIMARY KEY("field1")
);Then call it from SQLPlus,
@recreate.sql