Need to split the output into files

Question

Hi,
I have a query regarding splitting the output into different files. Please help to resolve that.
I have have select query query...
SELECT INDEX_NAME FROM DBA_INDEXES WHERE TABLE_NAME=<Table Name>;
If it returns less than 4 indexes then we have create one table and have to move those into the files.
For example...
File_1.sql
====
index1
index2
index3
If select statement returns more than 4 indexes then we have create 4 files and have to splict those indexes and has to move to those 4 files.
For example....
If select statement returns 13 records then...
File_1.sql File_2.sql File_3.sql File_4.sql
===== ====== ======= =======
index1 index4 index7 index10
index2 index5 index8 index11
index3 index6 index9 index12
index13
Index no need to be in order in any file and any file can I extra index in it.
Can be ok if we have any procedure or shell script. Please help me on this?
We are using 10.2.0.1 oracle db. Please let me know if you need any thing else?
Thanks
Pathan

Answer 1

Are you trying to put the output from SQL reports in different files?
Some reporting tools can do this.
You have a couple of options to do this.
Some reporting tools support the functinality to write to different files.
Another way is to write a PL/SQL procedure using UTL_FILE, which can open multiple files based on your conditions and to write to them as you need to.
An older, less elegant solution is to write nested SQL*PLUS scripts spooling to different files with the queries you need. A top level script would invoke the others, something like (untested)
--in first script
@subscript1
@subscript2
--in subscript1.sql
spool whatever.lst
select *
   from dual;
...