Automation of SQL

Question

Hi all,
I am running around more than 10 predefined SQL per day and then export the output to excel. Is there any short-cut method or auto process where all the sql can be defined at a time and output will be stored in some defined location.
I don't Know as I am new. Is it possible ?

Answer 1

900487 wrote:
I am running around more than 10 predefined SQL per day and then export the output to excel. Is there any short-cut method or auto process where all the sql can be defined at a time and output will be stored in some defined location.Automation of SQL processing is best done using PL/SQL (separate language, not to be confused with SQL).
As for storing the output in some predefined location - server code can only write data to locations available on the server. The best place for data in Oracle is in the database - not in some other external location. Basic client-server principles apply. The client needs to connect to the database, request the data (from the database) it needs, and then write that data to whatever client location required. The data in the database can be CSV, XML, SQL, etc.
There is an exception to this principle as the server can push the data to a client via another server. For example, the PL/SQL server code can send the data (as e-mail with attachments) via a mail server to the client. Or this code can use FTP to transfer the data to a file server for the client to fetch the data files from using FTP or HTTP. However, these exceptions do no reinvent client processing on the server side. The border between client and server in client-server needs to be logical, sensible and distinct.