Creating Objects via VB

Question

Hello,
i permanently get scripts (output from SQL Navigator) with CREATE TABLE Statements, TRIGGERS, PROCEDURES, FUNCTIONS and a lot of INSERTS and UPDATES.
Is there any way to execute these scripts via VisualBasic or a DOS-Shell and to get ANY response if the execution was successfully ?

Answer 1

Yes - if you use SQL*Plus instead. SQL*Plus is often used (also by Oracle) to do installs in Oracle.
Using the "WHENEVER" SQL*Plus command to force SQL*Plus to exit when an error is detected and exit with a non-zero return code.
WHENEVER SQLERROR
Performs the specified action (exits SQL*Plus by default) if a
SQL command or PL/SQL block generates an error.
In iSQL*Plus, performs the specified action (stops the current
script by default) and returns focus to the Workspace if a SQL
command or PL/SQL block generates an error.
WHENEVER SQLERROR {EXIT [SUCCESS|FAILURE|WARNING|n|variable|:BindVariable]
                    COMMIT | CONTINUE COMMIT}
Example:
WHENEVER SQLERROR EXIT 1
You then simply need to check the exit/return code from the command shell running SQL*Plus. By the way, there is no longer a thing called a DOS shell in Windows - it is a 32bit command console that has very little in common with MS-DOS's command interpreter.