Creating Tables with a Script

Question

I am trying to create tables using a script, but it seems like consecutive statments in the script will not execute --- can anyone tell me what syntax I need to use?
Here is my script - I am using SQL-Plus:
CREATE TABLE regions
( region_id NUMBER
CONSTRAINT region_id_nn NOT NULL
, region_name VARCHAR2(25)
CREATE TABLE countries
( country_id CHAR(2)
CONSTRAINT country_id_nn NOT NULL
, country_name VARCHAR2(40)
, region_id NUMBER
, CONSTRAINT country_c_id_pk
     PRIMARY KEY (country_id)
ORGANIZATION INDEX
Here is what I key in:
SQL> get c:\oracle\test.txt
Here is the error that comes out:
1 CREATE TABLE regions
2 ( region_id NUMBER
3 CONSTRAINT region_id_nn NOT NULL
4 , region_name VARCHAR2(25)
5 )
6 CREATE TABLE countries
7 ( country_id CHAR(2)
8 CONSTRAINT country_id_nn NOT NULL
9 , country_name VARCHAR2(40)
10 , region_id NUMBER
11 , CONSTRAINT country_c_id_pk
12 PRIMARY KEY (country_id)
13 )
14* ORGANIZATION INDEX
15 run;
CREATE TABLE countries
ERROR at line 6:
ORA-00922: missing or invalid option
If I trim down the script - to just 1 create table command, no semi-colons, it works:
Script:
CREATE TABLE regions
( region_id NUMBER
CONSTRAINT region_id_nn NOT NULL
, region_name VARCHAR2(25)
Key in:
SQL> get c:\oracle\test.txt
1 CREATE TABLE regions
2 ( region_id NUMBER
3 CONSTRAINT region_id_nn NOT NULL
4 , region_name VARCHAR2(25)
5* )
SQL> run;
Recieve:
1 CREATE TABLE regions
2 ( region_id NUMBER
3 CONSTRAINT region_id_nn NOT NULL
4 , region_name VARCHAR2(25)
5* )
Table created.
adding a semicolon between the create table statements doesn't solve this issue - does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks,
-Tom

Answer 1

try using a file that ends with .sql instead of .txt
and use a semi -colon
CREATE TABLE regions
( region_id NUMBER
CONSTRAINT region_id_nn NOT NULL
, region_name VARCHAR2(25)
CREATE TABLE countries
( country_id CHAR(2)
CONSTRAINT country_id_nn NOT NULL
, country_name VARCHAR2(40)
, region_id NUMBER
, CONSTRAINT country_c_id_pk
PRIMARY KEY (country_id)
Consider using a spool file so you can check for errors at the end.
Or you can use a template like this:
-- 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PROMPT
PROMPT REGIONS
PROMPT
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-- CREATE SECTION-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
CREATE TABLE REGIONS
( REGION_ID NUMBER
CONSTRAINT REGION_ID_NN NOT NULL
, REGION_NAME VARCHAR2(25)
-- INDEXES ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- SYNONYMS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CREATE OR REPLACE PUBLIC SYNONYM REGIONS FOR REGIONS ;
-- GRANTS -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GRANT SELECT ON REGIONS TO SCOTT;