Can i use traditional SqlPlus development environment in Oracle11GR1 ?

Question

Hi,
i have downloaded Oracle 11GR1, but i want to write sql codes in the tradition SqlPlus environment that was in Oracle 9i or 8i (that was having white color background) .So how to get that SqlPlus development environment here ?With the current download and installation SqlDeveloper has been installed and command prompt sqlplus has been provided. But i want to use that white screen sqlplus environment .Please guide how to get that one .
Thanks.

Answer 1

First create a shortcut icon on your desktop to sqlplus.exe (in your oracle_home/bin directory).
Then right click on the icon and select Properties. Change these settings:
Tab: General
   Put the instance name in the text box
Tab: Shortcut
   Target: (your oracle_home)\bin\sqlplus.exe userid/password@databasename  --< use with caution
   Start in: (your oracle_home)\bin
   Run: Normal Window
   Change icon to whatever you want
Tab: Options
   Cursor size: Small
   Command History, Buffer size: 50
                  , Number of buffers: 4
   Display options: Window
   Edit Options: check QuickEdit mode
                 check Insert mode
Tab: Font
   Size: 8x12
   Font: Raster Fonts
Tab: Layout
   (Screen Buffer Size is the 'virtual' size of the screen
    Window Size is what you see on the screen
    having a buffer size of 2000 allows sql plus to display
    very wide rows when sql plus LINESIZE is also 2000)
   Screen buffer size: Width: 2000
                       Height: 2000
   Window size: Width: 125
                Height: 55
   check Let system position window
Tab: Colors
   I like aqua on black, but whatever
Tab: Compatibility
   Leave all these uncheckedI like to include my userid and password in the Target setting, but this can be a security risk so use with caution.
And some of these settings will depend on your monitor size, your eyesight, etc. so adjust to taste.
Next, edit your glogin.sql file (it's in oracle_home/sqlplus/admin) and add these lines:
SET serveroutput on
SET linesize 2000
SET pagesize 50000
SET trimspool on
SET long 50000
SET tab off
ALTER SESSION SET NLS_DATE_FORMAT = 'DD-MON-YYYY HH24:MI:SS';You can use any format you like for the date format but make sure it includes the time portion.
This is also where you will put the COL command to modify the column you mentioned.
Something like: COL some_column FOR 999999
I also have this query in my glogin.sql:
SELECT d.name, s.sid,s.serial#, p.spid
FROM   v$process p
      ,v$session s
      ,v$database d
WHERE  p.addr = s.paddr
AND    s.audsid = userenv('SESSIONID');This info can be handy for certain data dictionary queries (like v$session_longops).
Next, create a directory somewhere to hold all your SQL Plus helper scripts. Like c:\oraclescripts.
Create a permanent environment variable called SQLPATH which points to this directory.
Whenever you run a script from the SQL Plus prompt it will search this directory so you don't have to qualify it every time.
Now double click the icon and try it out.