Excel output issue from a semi colon separated sql file script

Question

Hi,
I am executing a simple SQL script with back to back Select queries resulting in ; separated text output.
I save this output as a text file and open in excel specifying delimited with ;.
For example -
SQL script is as follows-
SET lines 5000
SELECT 'Error Code'||';'||'Error Message'
FROM dual
SELECT lookup_code||';'||description
FROM fnd_lookup_values
WHERE lookup_type = 'NLUS_AR_INT_ERROR_MSG'
ORDER BY TO_NUMBER(LTRIM(lookup_code,'E'))
The output retrieved has the following 2 issues -
1. A blank row is inserted after the "Error code Error message" row. I need to eliminate this blank row.
2. The 2nd issue I am facing is an empty row is inserted after every 62 rows in the excel.
Please let me know how I can eliminate these blank rows that are appearing after every 62 rows and in between each query's results.
Thanks,
Aditi

Answer 1

For the first issue you can try the "prompt" command.
For the second issue you can add a "set pagesize 0" command in your sqlplus-file.
You can use "set trimspool on" to elimate blanks at the end of each line in your outputfile (if you want).
set termout off
set feedback off
set heading off
set echo off
set linesize 5000
set trimspool on
set pagesize 0
spool c:\temp\abc.txt
Prompt Error Code;Error Message
SELECT lookup_code||';'||description
FROM fnd_lookup_values
WHERE lookup_type = 'NLUS_AR_INT_ERROR_MSG'
ORDER BY TO_NUMBER(LTRIM(lookup_code,'E'));
spool offEdited by: hm on 31.03.2011 04:41