Need to write a script...

Question

Hello all,
I don't have any idea about scripting. But I want to write a shell script which will give me the output of the following query as an attachment in a mail
SELECT /*+ parallel(a,4)*/ban, subscriber_no, business_id, price_plan_code, call_action_code, special_seq_no, toll_soc, toll_feature_code, toll_free_code,toll_num_mins_to_rate,toll_charge_amt, toll_type,toll_class,toll_dur_round_min,
channel_seizure_dt,sys_update_date,CALL_TO_CITY_DESC,at_call_start_period,at_call_end_period
FROM us1412 a WHERE TOLL_NUM_MINS_TO_RATE IS NOT NULL and toll_soc is not null
AND toll_type NOT IN (1,5,4) AND toll_class NOT IN ( 00,01,15 ) and INCOL_TOLL_RERATE_IND'R'
AND toll_type 2 and toll_free_code in (0,4) and rownum<51
Plz Help
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

sqlplus /nolog ... start sqlplus don't login
2&gt;&1 ... stderr to stdout so it gets appended
&gt;/tmp/$0.$$ ... output to file named /tmp/{script name}.{processID}
EOF ... that's the begin of the here-doc, could use any series of characters. As long as there is a match at the beginning of a line after the SQL.
connect / ... connect <user identified externally>
i.e. create user ops$joe identified externally ... if your OS login is 'joe' and parameter os_authent_prefix = 'ops$'
grant connect to ops$joe;
grant select on ... to ops$joel
Could put passwords in environment variables, but then if a script does sqlplus user/${passwd} ... the substitution value for $passwd can be seen with just a `ps -ef`
Edited by: clcarter on Jul 13, 2011 2:58 PM
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