Running Copy command from Forms 6i

HI!
I want to run Copy command through Forms 6i i.e copy from scott/tiger@orcl insert test@msora(ename) using select to_char(ename) ename from emp;
I can run DDL command through Forms_ddl functions in Forms 6i, But copy command is not working using Forms_ddl.
thanks in advance.
Edited by: Kami_Lily on Aug 2, 2009 10:04 PM

Dear Kami Lily,
Oracle Forms is able to execute SQL and PL/SQL command only. Additionally it supports Operating System command by HOST built-in.
Though COPY is a SQL*Plus command, it is not possible to execute this command by HOST built-in.
Instead, if you hardly want to execute COPY command oracle forms 6i, then you make a batch file in operating system and run that batch file from HOST built-in.
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