Saving SQL+ output to a text file

Question

I have to use SQL+ on one of my databases. No way around it. So I will write my queries, run them, check the output, tweak them and run again as necessary. So I might start with
SELECT
ename,
job
FROM
emp;Once I know it is working correctly, I wrap it in a procedure so I can get the data in a text file:
SET TRIM ON
SET PAGESIZE 2000
SET SERVEROUTPUT ON SIZE unlimited
EXEC DBMS_OUTPUT.ENABLE(null)
SPOOL c:\mySQL\out.txt
BEGIN
DECLARE
CURSOR c_cur IS
SELECT
ename,
job
FROM
emp;
BEGIN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(
'NAME|JOB|'
FOR r_cur IN c_cur LOOP
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(
r_cur.ename||'|'||
r_cur.job
END LOOP;
END;
END;
/Then I import this into Excel as delimited data on the pipe |
which works great until I decide that I actually do need one more column. Then I have make changes to the SQL, and two more changes in the output portion (one for the heading, and one for the LOOP)
I was wondering if anyone had written a cool procedure that I could run ANY SQL through, and it would automatically know my column names write the headings and then loop through the data automatically.
I'm not tied to using the exact procedure I described above. The key is, I am looking for a general procedure that I can run any script through, and it will handle the output for me, without additional modification.

Answer 1

MrGibbage wrote:
I have to use SQL+ on one of my databases. No way around it. So I will write my queries, run them, check the output, tweak them and run again as necessary. So I might start with
SELECT
ename,
job
FROM
emp;Once I know it is working correctly, I wrap it in a procedure so I can get the data in a text file:
SET TRIM ON
SET PAGESIZE 2000
SET SERVEROUTPUT ON SIZE unlimited
EXEC DBMS_OUTPUT.ENABLE(null)
SPOOL c:\mySQL\out.txt
BEGIN
DECLARE
CURSOR c_cur IS
SELECT
ename,
job
FROM
emp;
BEGIN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(
'NAME|JOB|'
FOR r_cur IN c_cur LOOP
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(
r_cur.ename||'|'||
r_cur.job
END LOOP;
END;
END;
/Then I import this into Excel as delimited data on the pipe |
which works great until I decide that I actually do need one more column. Then I have make changes to the SQL, and two more changes in the output portion (one for the heading, and one for the LOOP)
I was wondering if anyone had written a cool procedure that I could run ANY SQL through, and it would automatically know my column names write the headings and then loop through the data automatically.
I'm not tied to using the exact procedure I described above. The key is, I am looking for a general procedure that I can run any script through, and it will handle the output for me, without additional modification.Why are you bothering with the PL/sql procedure at all? Why not just
SET TRIM ON
SET PAGESIZE 2000
SPOOL c:\mySQL\out.txt
SELECT
ename,
job
FROM
emp;
spool off