Run script in a loop inside sqlplus

Question

Hello all,
Is there a way to run a script that we can run from windows command prompt inside sqlplus to run in a loop???
for example on unix i can do something like
for i in 1..10
do
ls -ltr
ps -ef|grep pmon
sleep 5
done
so can i do something similar inside of sqlplus ??
lets say have a script called @active_session
and now i am inside of sqlplus, but cant i run it in a loop ?? like sleep 5 sec and run @active_session and then sleep 5 sec and run @active_session ??
i hope i have asked the question clearly....

Answer 1

Hi,
user8363520 wrote:
Hello all,
Is there a way to run a script that we can run from windows command prompt inside sqlplus to run in a loop???
for example on unix i can do something like
for i in 1..10
do
ls -ltr
ps -ef|grep pmon
sleep 5
done
so can i do something similar inside of sqlplus ??Your best bet might be to do it at the OS level, the way you're familiar with.
For example:
for i in 1..10
do
sqlplus  username/password@database @active_session
sleep 5
doneI'm not sure about the unix syntax.
Make sure active_session.sql ends with a QUIT or EXIT statement.
lets say have a script called @active_session
and now i am inside of sqlplus, but cant i run it in a loop ?? like sleep 5 sec and run @active_session and then sleep 5 sec and run @active_session ??SQL*Plus wan't designed for this kind of thing. In particular, there is no reall loop mechanism built into SQL*Plus. You can do loops in SQL*Plus, but it's not pretty. See {message:id=4367027}
Depending on what's in your script, you may want to do the whole job in PL/SQL, whcih does have loops.