Copying text in Sql*Plus

I seem to be unable to copy and paste text using the "highlight text and right-click" procedure in Sql*Plus 8.0.6.0.0. The right-mouse button seems to work in everything else so it doesn't seem to be the mouse that is the problem. Does anybody know if this could be due to the way Sql*Plus is set up or some other Oracle related problem?

You can either do SET PAGESIZE 0 which turns off all headings.
Of you can do SET PAGESIZE 50000 which will reprint the headings every 50,000 lines.
50,000 is the max. I don't know of a way to show the headings once, and only once. (you can turn off headings and fake them one time with a select ... from dual before your main query).

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another format. Keep getting errors. It seems to contact the
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out where to put it. Any suggestions on how to set up my
Windows 95 machine to get the copy command working would be
greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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Hi,
Here is an example :
SQL> copy from scott/tiger@q4_production_server create ord -
using select * from ord;Array fetch/bind size is 15. (arraysize is 15)
Will commit when done. (copycommit is 0)
Maximum long size is 80. (long is 80)
Table ORD created.
21 rows selected from scott@q4_production_server.
21 rows inserted into ORD.
21 rows committed into ORD at DEFAULT HOST connection.
Hope this helps,
Bala
Laura Michaels (guest) wrote:
: Am trying to use the copy command in SQL*Plus to copy a table
: from an Oracle database to a local table on my machine in
: another format. Keep getting errors. It seems to contact the
: remote machine fine, but can't locate my local machine or
figure
: out where to put it. Any suggestions on how to set up my
: Windows 95 machine to get the copy command working would be
: greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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How to copy procedure to sql plus window.

I am trying to copy my procedure from note pad to sql plus window and some of the texts are being cut off. How can I copy the entire procedure to sql plus window.
thanks

Thank you guys this is what is happning.
1 CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE ITEMCUSTOMPAGING(
2        p_desc in itemlist.idescr%type,
3        p_letting in bidlet.datelet%type,
4        p_letting1 in bidlet.datelet%type,
5       p_sort in NUMBER ,
6       p_order in VARCHAR ,
7        i_results    out sys_refcursor
8     )
9     AS
10     BEGIN
11        OPEN i_results FOR
12         SELECT g.csecnum , e.iplineno , substr(e.eiitem ,1,4)||'.'||substr(e.eiitem ,5,9) ItemNum,
13         INITCAP(i.idescr ||' '|| e.isupdes) Descrip,INITCAP(i.idescrl ||' '|| e.isupdes) Descrip
14         DECODE (TRIM (p.prroute), NULL, 'N/A',p.prroute) Route,b.datelet ,trim(to_char(b.datelet ,'
15        FROM itemlist i, estitem e, estcatg g, propproj x, proposal p, bidlet b, letprop l
16        WHERE    p.contid = x.contid AND x.pcn = g.pcn AND e.pcn = g.pcn AND e.cn = g.cn AND i.item =
17        AND i.ispecyr = p.cspecyr AND e.iplineno <> ' ' AND e.eiitem <> '2550601/01000'
18        AND e.eiitem <> '2565601/00031' AND e.eiitem <> '2565601/00032' AND e.eiitem <> '2565601/0003
19        AND e.eiitem <> '2402601/01000'
20        AND (i.idescr like TRIM(UPPER(p_desc))||'%' or i.idescrl like TRIM( UPPER(p_desc))||'%'
21        AND b.datelet between p_letting and p_letting1
22        AND p.contid = l.lcontid
23        AND l.letting = b.letting
24        AND SUBSTR (l.lcontid, 4, 4) <= '5'
25        GROUP BY g.csecnum,i.idescr,b.datelet,i.iunits,p.clocat1,p.clocat2,p.contid,p.cdescr, p.cproj
26        ORDER BY p_sort   p_order;
27* End;
QL> /
arning: Procedure created with compilation errors.
QL> SHOW ERR
rrors for PROCEDURE ITEMCUSTOMPAGING:
INE/COL ERROR
2/8     PL/SQL: SQL Statement ignored
6/25    PL/SQL: ORA-00933: SQL command not properly ended
QL>

CONNECT and ALTER statements in a Procedure. COPY command in SQL*Plus

Hi people,
Is it possible to use the SQL commands, "CONNECT" and "ALTER TABLE" in a procedure, function or trigger?
In one of my audit procedures, I need to connect to a financial database (FROM the applications database), and then proceed to alter a number of tables based on certain data. I'm sure I've done it before, but I can't remember how! Isn't there a command such as "EXEC_SQL" or something?
Another question:
I need to copy a table from one database ("OPS$TSLIVE") to another ("TRACKER"). Here is an excerpt of my code, as well as an error! I've never had this error before!
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Kind regards,
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You are refering to 'execute immediate' (>=8i). As far as I know it is not possible to do connects. Alter table perhaps, if it is in the local database (try it). If you want to perform dml in a remote database, create a database link and use that to perform you dml on. a DB link can also be used to call a remote procedure (That perhaps does the alters for you). Try it.
The oracle doc says this about ORA-1002:
ORA-01002 fetch out of sequence
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A successful parse-and-execute call must be issued before a fetch. This can
occur if an attempt was made to FETCH from an active set after all records have
been fetched. This may be caused by fetching from a SELECT FOR UPDATE
cursor after a commit. A PL/SQL cursor loop implicitly does fetches and may
also cause this error.
Action: Parse and execute a SQL statement before attempting to fetch the data.It looks like a bug, ask Oracle support.
L.

COPY command in SQL*Plus 8.1.6 returns ORA-65535

The COPY command in the windows version of SqlPlus (SQLPLUSW) does not work any more. I get the following error
<< Array fetch/bind size is 5. (arraysize is 5)
Will commit after every array bind. (copycommit is 1)
Maximum long size is 80. (long is 80)
ERROR:
ORA-65535: Message 65535 not found; product=RDBMS; facility=ORA >>
Interestingly, I can run the same COPY command successfully if I use SQLPLUS.exe ( the command line version ). No error & it completes the copy.
I recently changed my Oracle client from 7.3 to v8.1.6.
I had not encountered this problem with the same command in v7.3.

You may have run into bug 1504702. As a workaround you will need to use command line, as you've already figured out. I don't think a patch is available for Windows yet, although there is for Solaris (in the 8.1.7.4 patch set).
Alison

SQL PLUS Copy Command

I'm having problems with the copy command in sql plus
Here's my command
COPY FROM tib_oms/tib_oms@odb1 -
TO gbonk/gbonk@stage -
INSERT -
gbonk.products ( id_manufacturer, id_sku, category ) -
USING -
select id_mfr, sku, prodcat from tib_oms.pricinghistory
The error I receive is...
CPY0007: Select list has fewer columns than destination table
I'm selecting 3 columns and I'm specifing 3 columns so I don't get what's up.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Greg Bonk ([email protected]):
Well i gave it a shot. Here's my modified copy command....
copy from tib_oms/tib_oms@odb1 -
TO gbonk/gbonk@stage -
insert -
gbonk.products ( "ID_MANUFACTURER", "ID_SKU", "CATEGORY" ) -
using -
select "ID_MFR", "SKU", "PRODCAT" from tib_oms.pricinghistory;
But I still recieve the same error. Is there anything else that I could trouble shoot?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
did u check if the destination & target columns have the same structure. maybe one of the is a composite datatype (i.e varray,nested tables etc) ?
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SQL*Plus 'Copy' command and LONG datatypes

Hi. I'm using Oracle 9.2.0.5 and wanna copy LONG to LONG without using an Interface in VB or any other programming language.
Some of the fields (plain text) are greater than 32 Kb, and I tried the SQL*Plus 'Copy' command, without success.
(For compatibility reasons I can't convert LONG to CLOB, I need to copy LONG to LONG)
This is the example I'm working with:
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The SQL*Plus command: (connected from test_database@environment)
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I'm working with 2 similar tables with this structure:
SOURCE_LONG (ID number, DATA long)
DESTINATION_LONG (ID number, DATA long)
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ID DATA
1 hello
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Copying and pasting sql statement in sql*plus

how do you paste sql statement in sql*plus...I have tried the following options, getting the windows interface for this following the documentation below but that didnt work
http://download.oracle.com/docs/html/A88829_01/ch3.htm
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Hi,
Using the command-line interface, copying is a pain. Right click on the title bar at the top of the window, then click on "Edit" and "Mark". After you highlight the text you want to copy, you can press the Enter key to copy it.
To paste, simply right-click. It doesn't matter how the copy buffer got filled (the cumbersome process I described above, using Control-C in Notepad, or whatever).

Can v read a client text file using SQL*plus??

We have a requirement like this: We need to read a text file to find spelling mistakes. Problem is the file has to be always moved to the DB machine, which is a Linux box and then run a stored procedure which uses UTL_FILE. Now in order to show the spelling mistakes of the file the user will have to again copy the file with the spelling mistakses (output file) from Linux to Windows.
Is there a way to do it using SQL*Plus, where the text file is in the client machine???? Then users don't have to copy the file to and from the Linux box.

SQL*Plus is a client software and whatever code you write using SQL*Plus, it ultimately run on the server. So the answers to your question is "no".

GPF in SQL*PLUS Copy Command?

Hello,
I'm getting a GPF and crash of SQL*Plus when I use the copy command. Seems like I used to be able to make it work if I tried logging on to the source database before the copy, but now even that won't work. I issue the command, it looks out over the modem for the remote database, then the GPF occurs.
copy from me/[email protected] to me/me@LocalDB -
insert ARRG_BNDRY_OBJECT -
using -
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(80169);
Ideas?
Thanks,
Dale

You might also want to try the same command using SQL*Plus command line (DOS version). If you haven't used it before, enter SQLPLUS at the command prompt, eg:
c:\sqlplus
Alison

SQL*Plus COPY command does not work

SQL*Plus COPY command does not work in SQL Developer. I am using SQL Developer 1.5.1 on Windows XP.
copy from <source_db_connection> to <target_db_connection> create <target_tab_name> using select * from <source_tab_name>
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Anyone had any success in trying COPY command in SQL Developer?
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While it hasn't been updated for v1.5, this page lists the supported SQL*Plus commands. COPY is explicitly listed as not supported.
theFurryOne

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Hello people.
DBs are 10g
PROD DB is a remote DB (over DB Link)
TEST DB is where my SQL*Plus is logged in.
LOCAL_DB_TABLE is the table I need to create to TEST DB
REMOTE_DB _TABLE is the table that already exists in remote PROD DB
COPY FROM replica/replica@PROD
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ROW_ID,
CREATED,
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UPD,
UPD_BY
USING SELECT
ROW_ID,
CREATED,
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<db> : database string, e.g., hr/your_password@d:chicago-mktg
<opt> : ONE of the keywords: APPEND, CREATE, INSERT or REPLACE
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<cols> : a comma-separated list of destination column aliases
<sel> : any valid SQL SELECT statement
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CREATE LOCAL_DB_TABLE@TEST
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00901: invalid CREATE commandThank you in advance for your help.

Hi,
I hope you are thinking of Creating a Table with the Same Structure as the remote database Table, If so.
You can create a Table from the Existing Table using CTAS(Create Table as Select).
Provided, you have created a Database Links between the 2 Databases. You can create a
table in your Schema as,
CREATE TABLE local_db_table AS
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Shankar
Edited by: Shankar Viji on Jul 19, 2012 11:01 PM

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ERROR:
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