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I've requirement to spool data from a table to a flat file along with column headings in the first row.I'm getting data but I need header record in the first row also?
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If you give this SQL*Plus command before you start SPOOLing
SET PAGESIZE 50000then you can get the usual SQL*Plus column headings, and they won't repeat unless you have more than 50,000 rows of output.
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{spool}
SPOOL foo.txt
PROMPT empno ename job mgr ...
SELECT empno, ename, job, mgr ...
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You could also do a separate query, where you select some literals from dual:SPOOL foo.txt
SELECT ' empno ename job mgr ...'
FROM dual;
SELECT empno, ename, job, mgr ...

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