Display TTITLE in SQL*Plus when no rows returned

Question

I need a SQL*Plus query that would display the TTITLE with Date. My query looked like this at first:
column TODAY noprint NEW_VALUE p_date
set feedback off
select to_char(sysdate, 'mm/dd/yyyy') today from dual;
set feedback on
ttitle left 'query.sql' -
center 'Department Listing ' -
right 'Date: ' p_date skip 1
select dept_code, dept_name
from department
where dept_code between 200 and 300
When I run this query, if there's data returned, the title would display on every page.
When there's no rows selected, the title would NOT display.
So I moved the ttitle statements to ABOVE the select date section. When there's no rows selected the title would be displayed, where there's data selected, the title would be display TWICE on the first page which is very annoying.
Then I added TTITLE OFF after the select date section and the query looked like this:
column TODAY noprint NEW_VALUE p_date
ttitle left 'query.sql' -
center 'Department Listing ' -
right 'Date: ' p_date skip 1
set feedback off
select to_char(sysdate, 'mm/dd/yyyy') today from dual;
set feedback on
ttitle off
select dept_code, dept_name
from department
where dept_code between 200 and 300
when no rows selected, the title displayed.
when rows selected, the title displayed, ONLY ON THE FIRST PAGE.
Does anyone have any creative ideas to get the ttitle to display: with or without return results, ONCE and on EVERY page?
Thanks in advance!!!
Jane

Answer 1

Hi Jane,
Just check out this answer might helps u.
In the final code what u have written u placed the ttitle off above the sql statement for dept.
Just note these points
1.U r telling the TTITLE OFF before SQL For Department
2.In both cases(With Data/Without Data) u r able to see the title once that is of select statement for date.
so there is no title for Select statement for department
What ur code telling is U have written a TTITLE that is for Selection of Date not for the Selection of department.
So in both cases u r getting the title once.
Put the TTITLE OFF at the end that is after Select stmt of department
then u will get title for each page.
In the first Script u told that it is displaying twice(annoying)
It will display like that only coz there are two select statements in ur Script.
TTITLE means it will display once on each page per query.
one is for select statement of date(it will display once because that query result is max of one line)
second is for select statement for Department(it will display one title in each page)
so u will find two titles on first page.
Hope this will clear u
Revert back for any more clarifications
Regards
Kiran