Change default spool extension

Question

Hi,
I am trying to write piece of code that would spool a file directly in .csv format. However, when I try to do it the .csv file is further appended with .lst and this does not serve my purpose. Is there a way to work around this.
My existing code for your reference:
SET ECHO OFF;
SET FEEDBACK OFF;
SET SERVEROUTPUT ON;
SET VERIFY OFF;
SET PAGES 0;
SET HEAD OFF;
set trimspool on;
column datecol new_value curr_date noprint
select to_char(sysdate,'YYYYMMDD') datecol from dual;
SPOOL /home/qqtdrv1/EMP_INACTIVE_abc_&curr_date.csv APPEND;
SELECT *
FROM emp;
SPOOL OFF;
COMMIT;
the result should be EMP_INACTIVE_abc_10130111.csv
bt its coming like EMP_INACTIVE_abc_10130111csv.lst
Thanks

Answer 1

Rob_J wrote:
I think Mihael is right, when you have used a variable such as has been used in the original example the two dots are required for some reason.The 'for some reason' is simple enough. When parsing out a variable name, sqlplus takes that first 'dot' as the delimiter of the name, and nothing more.
I've had the same issue and that's how we got around it. It's the same if you just want a dot to appear, such as when creating a database link with a domain at the end and you have a variable used for the database name.