Settings of the SQL*Plus interface

Hi,
in 10g R2
how to modify settings of the SQL*Plus interface ?
SQL> show all
appinfo is OFF and set to "SQL*Plus"
arraysize 15
autocommit OFF
..............Thanks.

user522961 wrote:
Hi,
in 10g R2
how to modify settings of the SQL*Plus interface ?
SQL> show all
appinfo is OFF and set to "SQL*Plus"
arraysize 15
autocommit OFF
..............Thanks.http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14357/toc.htm
HTH
Aman....

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Copyright (c) 1982, 2007, Oracle. All rights reserved.
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Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=IPC)(KEY=EXTPROC1521)))
STATUS of the LISTENER
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Start Date                27-APR-2010 09:35:08
Uptime                    0 days 0 hr. 2 min. 48 sec
Trace Level               off
Security                  ON: Local OS Authentication
SNMP                      OFF
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Listener Log File         f:\app\oracle\diag\tnslsnr\HOST1\listener\alert\log.xml
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860411 wrote:
Hi Team,
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But the same class get Compiled in the Toad(Tool) without any error and working fine. Could someone help me
What to do for this for your reference ,Attaching the java class file.
“ORA-29536: badly formed source: Encountered "<EOF>" at line 1, column 28.
Was expecting one of:
I believe the error message is clear and self-explanatory.
----------------------Here is the Java class Code.....................
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as
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import java.util.zip.Deflater;
import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;
import oracle.sql.*;
import oracle.jdbc.*;
import java.sql.*;
import java.io.*;
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int fileBufferSize, int zipFileBufferSize,
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The last two lines above should be
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| HR         | 66402.6549 |
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