Spool file

I am selecting the data from tables and writing it in a spool file .
My requirement is the spool file is a fixed length file ( 800 bytes ) , so if a field of 20 length has only 10 characters & defined as VARCHAR2 blanks will be truncated .
Q : Is there a way i can redefine the field as Char(20) in my spool ?
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I tried with RPAD Function , it works .
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Spool file problem,Can't see the query in output file.

Hello ,
I am facing a very old school kind of problem .....about spool file ....
The scenario -
I have made a script by name DB_Status_checkup.sql which i want to fire on the database to check the database status. In this script their are many queries regarding the data dictionary views to know about the database. It consist of nearly 25-30 different select queries..
The problem is i want to make a spool file of the output of that query....i want to see the SQL query & the output below in the spool file, so it will be easy for me to judge the result. But i can't see the SQL query , i can only see the output , & in so many queries it all gets jumbled up....even i can't understand where the next output starts ...
Sample of my SQL Script ....
clear buffer
spool D:\DB_status.txt
/*To check the database startup time*/
Select to_char(startup_time, 'HH24:MI DD-MON-YY') "Startup time"
from v$instance
.........next query n so on....
spool off;
In the output pf the spool file at D:\db_status.txt..
Startup time
08:25 16-JUL-10It shows only the output of the query in the spool file not the query,
What should i do to get the SQL query as well as the output of that query just below it in the spool file ???
Please suggest if you have anymore ideas , regarding this .....
ORACLE 10g R2
Windows Server 2008
Thanks in advance ...

Why don't you just use database control, instead of re-inventing the wheel?
Apart from that, SQL*Plus has it's own reference manual, which you apparently refuse to read.
The answer to your quiz/doc question is
set echo on
Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA

Dunning letters as individual/separate spool file

Hi All,
I've found that dunning run by F150 in my company sometimes gives an output results as separate spool file for every customer what is unexpected. Usually we get one common spool with multiple pages. I would appreciate it somebody can give me the clue what is the reason. I couldn't find any system and transaction settings... Thanks in advance.
Greg

Hi,
see the link below :
http://web.mit.edu/CAO/www/SB2002/AR/F150.htm
SKS

Spool file error - Buffer Overflow

I've a sql script that is running from a.sql file. The script fetches almost 9 million data as a result of the query. Main problem is related to spool file generation. It is saying buffer overflow. But, when i write that query from sql prompts it is running within 2 mins and completes the task within 15 mins.
I've written -
set serveroutput on size ######
But, still it is not working. Total application is freeze whenever i want to run it. Tell me any suggestion if u have.
Satyaki.

i guess what you are more concerned with is the output produced by your query (the spool file).
you need not to see what is displayed on the screen all you need is open up the spool file to
check for those data in there.
to suppress the output from the screen and still generates spool file. use the SET TERMOUT option.
e.g.
-- code for a producing a sample spool file
spool r:\sample_spool.txt;
select * from emp;
spool off;
at the SQL*Plus command line:
SQL> @r:\sample_spool.sql;
     EMPNO ENAME      JOB              MGR HIREDATE         SAL       COMM     DEPTNO
      7566 JONES      MANAGER         7839 02-APR-81       2975       1000         20
      7902 FORD       ANALYST         7566 03-DEC-81       3000                    20
      7839 KING       PRESIDENT            17-NOV-81       5000                    10
      7698 BLAKE      MANAGER         7839 01-MAY-81       2850                    30
      7782 CLARK      MANAGER         7839 09-JUN-81       2450                    10
      7369 SMITH      CLERK           7902 17-DEC-80        800                    20
      7499 ALLEN      SALESMAN        7698 20-FEB-81       1600        300         30
      7521 WARD       SALESMAN        7698 22-FEB-81       1250        500         30
      7654 MARTIN     SALESMAN        7698 28-SEP-81       1250       1400         30
      7788 SCOTT      ANALYST         7566 09-DEC-82       3000                    20
      7844 TURNER     SALESMAN        7698 08-SEP-81       1500          0         30
      7876 ADAMS      CLERK           7788 12-JAN-83       1100                    20
      7900 JAMES      CLERK           7698 03-DEC-81        950                    30
      7934 MILLER     CLERK           7782 23-JAN-82       1300                    10
14 rows selected.
SQL> -- the above example displays the output on the screen
SQL> -- now we want to turn it off by using the SET TERMOUT option
SQL> SQL> set termout off;
SQL> @r:\sample_spool.sql;
SQL>
after executing the script sample_spool.sql it does not display output from the screen which
we want to avoid the buffer overflow error. and still produce the spool file:
     EMPNO ENAME      JOB              MGR HIREDATE         SAL       COMM     DEPTNO
      7566 JONES      MANAGER         7839 02-APR-81       2975       1000         20
      7902 FORD       ANALYST         7566 03-DEC-81       3000                    20
      7839 KING       PRESIDENT            17-NOV-81       5000                    10
      7698 BLAKE      MANAGER         7839 01-MAY-81       2850                    30
      7782 CLARK      MANAGER         7839 09-JUN-81       2450                    10
      7369 SMITH      CLERK           7902 17-DEC-80        800                    20
      7499 ALLEN      SALESMAN        7698 20-FEB-81       1600        300         30
      7521 WARD       SALESMAN        7698 22-FEB-81       1250        500         30
      7654 MARTIN     SALESMAN        7698 28-SEP-81       1250       1400         30
      7788 SCOTT      ANALYST         7566 09-DEC-82       3000                    20
      7844 TURNER     SALESMAN        7698 08-SEP-81       1500          0         30
      7876 ADAMS      CLERK           7788 12-JAN-83       1100                    20
      7900 JAMES      CLERK           7698 03-DEC-81        950                    30
      7934 MILLER     CLERK           7782 23-JAN-82       1300                    10
14 rows selected.

How to spool out put of multiple scripts and get a single spool file output

Hi,
I have one master script that calls three other scripts. The three scripts each produce their own spool files. But I would like to have the master script also produce one single output (in addition to the three indiviual output I mean). How to do that? Can you please help.
Following are the scripts:
--m.sql (master script)
spool c:\m.log
@1.sql
@2.sql
@3.sql
spool off
--1.sql
spool c:\1.log
insert into test values(1);
commit;
spool off
--2.sql
spool c:\2.log
insert into test values(2);
commit;
spool off
spool c:\3.log
insert into test values(3);
commit;
spool off
--table used
SQL> desc test
Name Null? Type
A NUMBERWhen I run the above script m.sql it does produce the other 3 log files (1.log,2.log etc) but m.log (which is master log file which should have output of each of the three calling script) is empty file with 0 byte!
Thanks
Edited by: orausern on May 1, 2011 3:17 AM

I have one master script that calls three other scripts. The three scripts each produce their own spool files. But I would like to have the master script also produce one single output (in addition to the three indiviual output I mean). How to do that? Can you please help. Not sure if that's possible directly with sqlplus spool option
When you spool to a different file in a single session, sqlplus stops writing to earlier spool file and redirects the output to the file specified in last spool command.
at the end of the script, however, below may help
host type c:\1.log >> c:\m.log
host type c:\2.log >> c:\m.log
host type c:\3.log >> c:\m.log

How to get the number of rows written to the header of the spool file.

Hi
I need to create a header line for the spool file .
the header line should include fixed length values .
The header should include the number of records found in the table with a maximum begin date (begin_date is the column of the table)
To get the header in the spool file , i wrote a select query has :-
--SPOOL 'C:\Documents and Settings\abc\Desktop\output.TXT'
select 'W'||to_char(sysdate,'MM/DD/YYYYMi:HH:SS')||lpad(max(rownum),9,'000000000') ||'R'||max(to_char(school_from_date,'MM/DD/YYYY')) ||
rpad(' ',76,' ')
from dad.school
group by sysdate;
SPOOL OFF
which gets me all the rows in the table , but i only want the rows with the latest school_begin_date .
how can i achieve that ...
I know that a subquery should be written in the from clause to get the number of rows found with a maximum school_begin_date.
select 'W'||to_char(sysdate,'MM/DD/YYYYMi:HH:SS')||lpad(max(rownum),9,'000000000') ||'R'||max(to_char(school_from_date,'MM/DD/YYYY')) ||
rpad(' ',76,' ')
from dad.school where
select rownum from dad.school
where school_begin_date = max(school_begin_date) ;
the error i get is
ORA-00934: group function is not allowed here
I NEED HELP ..IN GETTING THE ROWNUM JUST FOR THE LATEST BEGIN_DATE ?
PLS HELP ME IN WRITING THE QUERY .
THANKS IN ADVANCE .

Try this:
select 'W'||to_char(sysdate,'MM/DD/YYYYMi:HH:SS')||lpad(max(rownum),9,'000000000')||'R'||max(to_char(school_from_date,'MM/DD/YYYY')) || rpad(' ',76,' ')
from dad.school
where school_begin_date = (select max(school_begin_date)
from dad.school);

Can a spool file be sent as an attachment in the decision step?

Hi,
I have z program that runs in background and produces a spool file. Normally, I can use tcode SP01 to display this file. At the end of this z program, I call SWW_WI_START_SIMPLE to send a workflow into SAP inbox. I want to know if I somhow can send the spool file along also? I read about attachment and SOFM object but still can't figure out what I need to do yet. Please help.
Thank you,
TH

Hi Th,
Check this code if helpful.
FORM pdf_conversion.
CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERT_ABAPSPOOLJOB_2_PDF'
       EXPORTING
            src_spoolid              = spoolno
            no_dialog                = ' '
       IMPORTING
            pdf_bytecount            = numbytes
            pdf_spoolid              = pdfspoolid
            btc_jobname              = jobname
            btc_jobcount             = jobcount
       TABLES
            pdf                      = pdf
       EXCEPTIONS
            err_no_abap_spooljob     = 1
            err_no_spooljob          = 2
            err_no_permission        = 3
            err_conv_not_possible    = 4
            err_bad_destdevice       = 5
            user_cancelled           = 6
            err_spoolerror           = 7
            err_temseerror           = 8
            err_btcjob_open_failed   = 9
            err_btcjob_submit_failed = 10
            err_btcjob_close_failed = 11.
ENDFORM.                    " PDF_CONVERSION
      FORM SPOOL                                                    *
FORM spool.
PERFORM display.
CALL FUNCTION 'GET_PRINT_PARAMETERS'
       EXPORTING
           destination            = 'LOCL'
            immediately            = ' '
            new_list_id            = 'X'
            expiration             = '9'
            in_parameters          = p_pripar
            layout                 = 'X_65_132'
            line_count             = 65
            line_size              = 132
            mode                   = 'DEFVALS'
            no_dialog              = 'X'
       IMPORTING
            out_parameters         = p_pripar
            valid                  = val
       EXCEPTIONS
            archive_info_not_found = 1
            invalid_print_params   = 2
            invalid_archive_params = 3
            OTHERS                 = 4.
NEW-PAGE PRINT ON NEW-SECTION PARAMETERS p_pripar NO DIALOG.
PERFORM display.
NEW-PAGE PRINT OFF.
CLEAR t_filename_tx.
CONCATENATE 'c:\temp\' p_mat '.pdf' INTO t_filename_tx.
CONDENSE t_filename_tx.
SELECT * FROM tsp01 INTO TABLE t_tsp01
       WHERE rqowner EQ sy-uname.
SORT t_tsp01 BY rqcretime DESCENDING.
LOOP AT t_tsp01.
    spoolno = t_tsp01-rqident.
    EXIT.
ENDLOOP.
IF sy-subrc EQ 0.
    PERFORM pdf_conversion.
ENDIF.
sending that inernal to mail
FUNCTION z_p_traveler_workflow.
""Local interface:
*" IMPORTING
*"     REFERENCE(V_FILE_PATH) LIKE RLGRAP-FILENAME
*"     REFERENCE(DOKNR) LIKE CRVD_A-DOKNR
*"     REFERENCE(DOKVR) LIKE CRVD_A-DOKVR
*" TABLES
*"      PDF STRUCTURE TLINE
D A T A
DATA: w_gd_doc_data LIKE sodocchgi1.
internal table for body content of the email
DATA: t_message LIKE solisti1 OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE.
internal table for receivers of email
DATA: t_receivers LIKE somlreci1 OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE.
internal table for attachment data
DATA: t_objbin LIKE solisti1 OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE.
*internal table for Information about structure of data tables
DATA: t_packing_list LIKE sopcklsti1 OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE.
internal tables for attachment data
DATA: t_xi_pdf LIKE tline OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE,
        t_xi_temp LIKE bapiqcmime OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE,
        t_xi_mime(255) TYPE c OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE,
        t_html LIKE solisti1   OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE.
for splitting of the filepath
DATA : BEGIN OF t_split OCCURS 0,
            row(50),
         END OF t_split.
DATA: w_tab_lines LIKE sy-tabix,
         w_subject TYPE so_obj_des,                " for email header
         w_file_path1 TYPE string.                 "file path
DATA : w_lines       TYPE i,
         w_temp(500)   TYPE c,
         w_offset      TYPE p,
         w_lineslen(2) TYPE p,
         w_mimelen(2) TYPE p,
         w_tabix       LIKE sy-tabix.
DATA : w_len      TYPE i,
         w_index    LIKE sy-index,
         w_doc_type TYPE so_obj_tp,
         w_filename TYPE so_obj_des .
internal table for gettting personal numbers of quality engineers
DATA: BEGIN OF t_ztptwf2 OCCURS 0,
        pernr LIKE ztptwf2-pernr,        "personal number
        END OF t_ztptwf2.
internal table for gettting userids of quality engineers
DATA: BEGIN OF t_pa0105 OCCURS 0,
        usrid LIKE pa0105-usrid,       " user id of the quality engineer
        END OF t_pa0105.
move file path to w_file_path
w_file_path1 = v_file_path.
*assign subject of the email
w_subject = text-006.                  "Travaler Document to Approve
refreshing the internal tables
REFRESH : t_objbin, t_packing_list, t_split.
CLEAR   : t_objbin, t_packing_list, t_split.
CLEAR   : t_xi_pdf, t_xi_temp.
REFRESH : t_xi_pdf, t_xi_temp.
CLEAR: w_temp, w_offset, t_xi_temp.
move attachment data to t_xi_pdf[].
t_xi_pdf[] = pdf[].
Reformat the line to 255 characters wide
DESCRIBE TABLE t_xi_pdf   LINES w_lines.
DESCRIBE FIELD t_xi_pdf   LENGTH w_lineslen.
DESCRIBE FIELD t_xi_temp LENGTH w_mimelen.
LOOP AT t_xi_pdf.
    w_tabix = sy-tabix.
    MOVE t_xi_pdf TO w_temp+w_offset.
    IF w_tabix = w_lines.
      w_lineslen = strlen( t_xi_pdf ).
    ENDIF.
    w_offset = w_offset + w_lineslen.
    IF w_offset GE w_mimelen.
      CLEAR t_xi_temp.
      t_xi_temp = w_temp(w_mimelen).
      APPEND t_xi_temp.
      SHIFT w_temp BY w_mimelen PLACES.
      w_offset = w_offset - w_mimelen.
    ENDIF.
    IF w_tabix = w_lines.
      IF w_offset GT 0.
        CLEAR t_xi_temp.
        t_xi_temp = w_temp(w_offset).
        APPEND t_xi_temp.
      ENDIF.
    ENDIF.
ENDLOOP.
*move data from t_xi_temp to t_xi_mime
LOOP AT t_xi_temp.
    t_xi_mime(255) = t_xi_temp-line.
    APPEND t_xi_mime.
    CLEAR t_xi_mime.
ENDLOOP.
*move data from t_xi_mime[] to t_html[]
t_html[] = t_xi_mime[].
*move data from t_html[] to t_objbin.
LOOP AT t_html.
    t_objbin-line = t_html-line.
    APPEND t_objbin.
    CLEAR t_objbin.
ENDLOOP.
*fill the body of email
t_message = text-005.                        "Mail with PDF attachment
APPEND t_message.
CLEAR t_message.
t_message = text-004.    "Please double click the attachment to verify
APPEND t_message.
CLEAR t_message.
concatenate 'COPY FOR VIEWING ONLY-NOT TO BE'
          'USED/PRINTED FOR PRODUCTION' into t_message separated by
space.
APPEND t_message.
CLEAR t_message.
IF NOT doknr IS INITIAL.
    CONCATENATE text-001                     "The Document
                doknr
                text-002                     "and Version
                dokvr
                text-003 INTO                "is changed
            t_message SEPARATED BY space.
    APPEND t_message.
    CLEAR t_message.
ENDIF.
DESCRIBE TABLE t_message LINES w_tab_lines.
READ     TABLE t_message INDEX w_tab_lines.
w_gd_doc_data-doc_size = ( w_tab_lines - 1 ) *
                                           255 + STRLEN( t_message ).
w_gd_doc_data-obj_langu = sy-langu.
w_gd_doc_data-obj_name   = 'SENDFILE'.
w_gd_doc_data-obj_descr = w_subject.
w_gd_doc_data-sensitivty = 'O'.
CLEAR t_packing_list.
t_packing_list-head_start = 1.
t_packing_list-head_num   = 0.
t_packing_list-body_start = 1.
t_packing_list-doc_type   = 'RAW'.
t_packing_list-body_num   = w_tab_lines.
APPEND t_packing_list.
IF NOT w_file_path1 IS INITIAL.
    w_len = strlen( w_file_path1 ) - 3.
    w_doc_type = w_file_path1+w_len(3) .
    TRANSLATE w_doc_type TO UPPER CASE .
    SPLIT w_file_path1 AT '\' INTO TABLE t_split .
    DESCRIBE TABLE t_split LINES w_index .
    READ TABLE t_split INDEX w_index .
    w_filename = t_split-row .
    w_len = strlen( w_filename ) - 4.
    w_filename = w_filename(w_len) .
    DESCRIBE TABLE t_objbin LINES w_tab_lines.
    t_packing_list-transf_bin = 'X'.
    t_packing_list-head_start = 1.
    t_packing_list-head_num   = 1.
    t_packing_list-body_start = 1.
    t_packing_list-doc_type   = w_doc_type.
    t_packing_list-body_num   = w_tab_lines.
    t_packing_list-doc_size   = w_tab_lines * 255.
    t_packing_list-obj_descr = w_filename.
    APPEND t_packing_list.
ENDIF.
fill the Receivers
SELECT * FROM ztptwf2 INTO TABLE t_ztptwf2.
IF NOT t_ztptwf2[] IS INITIAL.
    SELECT usrid FROM pa0105 INTO TABLE t_pa0105 FOR ALL ENTRIES IN
t_ztptwf2 WHERE pernr = t_ztptwf2-pernr AND subty = '0001' .
    LOOP AT t_pa0105.
      t_receivers-receiver = t_pa0105-usrid.
      t_receivers-rec_type = 'B'.
      APPEND t_receivers .
      CLEAR t_receivers.
    ENDLOOP.
ENDIF.
IF NOT t_receivers[] IS INITIAL.
Call the FM to post the message to SAPMAIL
    CALL FUNCTION 'SO_NEW_DOCUMENT_ATT_SEND_API1'
         EXPORTING
              document_data              = w_gd_doc_data
              commit_work                = 'X'
         TABLES
              packing_list               = t_packing_list
              contents_txt               = t_message
              contents_bin               = t_objbin
              receivers                  = t_receivers
         EXCEPTIONS
              too_many_receivers         = 1
              document_not_sent          = 2
              document_type_not_exist    = 3
              operation_no_authorization = 4
              parameter_error            = 5
              x_error                    = 6
              enqueue_error              = 7
              OTHERS                     = 8.
ENDIF.
FREE: t_objbin,t_message,t_packing_list,t_receivers.
i hope this code will solve your problem.
Sankar

Decrease print spool file size generated by PS CS5 Mac OS 10.6.8?

Hi,
Certain big/hi-res Photoshop (CS5) documents - sent from a 2010 era Intel Mac to an older HP 1200dpi Laserjet (LJ 2100M/HPs PostScript, standard HP/Apple drivers) - were taking forever to print.
In one case, for example, a 6MB on disk, Grayscale 8 bit, 109MB/40MB "doc size" .psd, when printed from Photoshop, generated a 135833k spool file.
The same .psd opened with and printed from Preview, only a 3229k spool file - which printed out in a short time.
Am I missing something?
Thanks for any comments or suggestions.

The plug-in is there but no twain interface for the scanner appears as an option under file import in PS
you answered your own question -- Adobe will point the finger at Epson, and Epson will call Adobe out for breaking their driver -- but the 1250 is how old
this question gets answered here a couple times a month, and there are many web articles explaining the problem in more detail...
the short answer is scan in the stand alone scanning software (ViewScan may solve your issue)
most notably, that approach keeps Ps running in 64 bit and keeps it freed up to continue working while that ancient scanner chugs away
PS: I am not trying to beat you up for using good hardware that is still working for you, I am just trying to add a second opinion what others have said

Can I download a spool file from ALV payroll recon report in Fixed Ascii?

We have a process that imports the spool files from our various nightly payroll recon reports but have recently upgraded to ECC 6.0 and the ALV formatted report does not appear to create a fixed format spool file - the width of the columns changes from spool to spool based on the contents.
Does anyone know how to accomplish our need?
Thanks,
DeWayne

Does the printer show up in the Windows Printers folder? We've used PDF995 or Cute pdfwriter for years. All of these create virtual windows printers. When you print to them, a dialog box pops up asking for the filename for the pdf. If you have Activex calls to Excel in order to open a file, you should be able to make ActiveX calls to print it to a print driver such as this. I don't know if any of these drives have a way to bypass the filename dialog box. That may take some research and experimentation. I don't know where the postscript file comes into play in the scenario you are describing.

Creation of Spool File with Triggers

Hi,
I have created an OnUpdate trigger using the Essbase Console. I am using a calculation script to change the value of an account that is being used in the trigger. The trigger doesnot craete a spool file. Can anyone help me with it.

Are you sure that the data value that should change did change?
Here I am plugging Glenn's presentation twice in like five minutes. Check out this (unrelated) thread -- it explains how to get to his Kaleidoscope presentation.
How to use a substitution variable in a load rule?
FWIW, this part of the presentation was really good (it was all good, but I particularly enjoyed this bit).
Regards,
Cameron Lackpour

Data in spool file does not match output.

This is a strange issue, and I'm not even sure it's a problem in SAP, but I don't know where else to ask and haven't found anything like it online:
We create pick lists on dot matrix printers. Occasionally, the output is missing a digit or character - for example in the middle of the delivery number. If delivery number is 81234567, the dot matrix output might be 8123467. The SAP spool file is not missing any data. And the paper dot matrix output is never skewed nor looks like it has jammed or "hiccuped". There is no space where the missing piece of data should be - it's all run together nice and neat. It occurs on different bits of data (sometimes, delivery#, name, batch, etc.), and it occurs on different printers at different sites. So far, it has always been only one digit or character missing every time it occurs. Reprint from the spool and it comes out fine.
So, SAP data is correct, and it occurs on different printers. Maybe it's a network issue? A printer buffer issue - but it happens on two different units, and that would be a weird coincidence. I really have no ides. Has anyone ever experienced anything like this?
Thanks,
Anke

Hello -
Difficult to answer accurately here as no access to spool data on the affected system and exact methods used. But, perhaps if you can print the RAW (OTF) data to a fileprinter and send that as a .txt file to the printer hardware vendor they could investigate why certain characters do not print.
Regards.

How to spool file to where start script file located

I'm writing a sqlplus script, eg. runMe.sql, which is going to run in customer env, will generate some data files eg. result.csv.
By specify location such as 'spool /certain/path/on/disk/result.csv', I can spool to any path I want. However, my concern is below:
1. We gets many customers and the script might be run under different location.
2. I don't know where customer would save the script, furthermore, I don't want customer to input location manually every time.
3. Generally, customer would run the script something like "sqlplus username/password@sid @/certain/path/on/disk/runMe.sql". They don't want to pass any parameter at run time.
4. I wanna spool file to "/certain/path/on/disk" automatically, as a result, result.csv file would appear under same path with runMe.sql.
5. I tried "spool ./result.csv" but it navigate to where sqlplus session is running.
6. Also tried &0 etc, but make no sense.
Can anyone tell me how to obtain start running script file path in sqlplus script(runMe.sql) ? Just like access command parameters under Linux.
$0 is the name of the command
$1 first parameter
$2 second parameter
$3 third parameter etc. etc
$# total number of parameters
$@ all the parameters will be listed
Thanks in advance.

Are you looking for SQLPATH ?
A good and clear example by Paul @ https://forums.oracle.com/message/3727891
In this way your customer has to set one environment variable SQLPATH=/location/of/script/file/where/they/put/your/runMe.sql and just say :
spool %sqlpath%\result.csv
in your runMe.sql. So, runMe.sql and result.csv will be on SQLPATH location.
Regards
Girish Sharma

Putting date and time in a spool file name for output

I have bee trying to find this answer but don't know where to look: I want to take all or part of the date and/or time to create a unique filename on the fly for a spool file. Can someone point me in the right direction? I am using SQL*Plus.

undefine curDateCol
column curDateCol noprint new_value curDateCol
select to_char(sysdate,'YYYYMMDDHH24MISS') curDateCol from dual;
undefine fileName
define fileName=/myFileName_&&curDateCol..csv
prompt creating &&fileName ...
set echo off
set termout off
set showmode off
spool &&fileNamehth

Date and time in spool file name

Hi,
can anyone show me how i can write the code below so that the spool file will automatically take the system time and date?
thanks again.
set term off;
set echo off;
set heading off;
set linesize 1500;
set pagesize 9999;
set feedback off;
spool /home/oracle/ATM_Upload/files/CRD000119MMDDYYHHMISS.DAT;
SELECT rec_ind||source_type||bbdsa_code||seq_num||dt_ti_ext||ver_num
as atm_header
FROM atm_dc_hd;
spool off;

Hi,
I do something similar to this in a file called ed.sql which I use in SQL*Plus to give me a history of SQL*Plus buffers in separate files which follow the naming convention $DATABASE_$SID_$TIMESTAMP.sql. I use it from SQL*Plus when editing, rather than typing "ed" I type "@ed" and it does the naming for me:
-- Turn off terminal output
set termout off
-- Save current buffer to a temp file
save tmp.txt replace
-- Set editfile name to $DATABASE_$SID_$TIMESTAMP.sql
column fname new_value fname
column sid new_value sid
select trim(sid) sid
from v$mystat
where rownum = 1;
select global_name||'_&sid'||'_'||to_char(sysdate, 'YYYYMMDDHH24MISS')||'.sql' fname
from global_name;
set editfile '&fname'
-- Retrieve our initial buffer
get tmp.txt
-- Turn terminal output back on
set termout on
-- Fire up the editor
edYou could probably adapt this in the following way for your needs:
column fname new_value fname
select 'CRD000119'||to_char(sysdate, 'MMDDYYHH24MISS')||'.dat' fname
from dual;
spool '&fname'I don't know how you get the 'CRD' part of the filename but you may be able to generate that too using the above as a guide.
cheers,
Anthony

Need Spool file 255 characters for background HR Reports into Excel

We have been looking for a solution for problem this for more than 2 years now.
Problem:
1.     Requirement is to run large HR reports either standard or with Ad Hoc Query in background mode in a company with more than 50,000 employees.
2.     Nobody wants printed reports these days. We want to save the forests. Customers prefer to be emailed an Excel file so they can do further data analysis, filtering, pivot tables etc.
3.     Reports are running OK in foreground for smaller sections of the organisation, where you send the output to Excel from ALV, or save as a local file in spreadsheet format.
4.     But large reports for entire company are awkward, tie up your PCs resources, and complex reports accessing many tables can timeout before completion.
5.     So scheduling these reports to run in background would be the ideal solution.
6.     However when we access the report output from SP02, we find that most reports (say with more than 13 or so fields) have an output wider than 255 characters and the output of the spool file wraps to the next line in Excel. It is very tricky to then parse the data back into one row for each employee. And you have a problem if you output is for 50,000 or so employees, because then you file is 100,000 rows and will not load completely into Excel limit problem of 65,536 characters.
7.     We simply want a spool file that does not wrap the data to the next line after 255 characters.
8.     But how to explain this simple requirement to some technical people. It seems a lot of posts on SDN think we always want to print a spool file. NO remember the forests!
Possible Solutions:
I see a lot of posts here that refer to OSS note 186603, but they dont mention the target for the output of the spool is to import into an Excel File (i.e. spreadsheet format). Just search for 186603 or Spool request with more than 255 columns. There is also a reference to OSS note 313566. I am not sure if these will work?
I have also seen the suggestions that you need to define a customer printer format that does not wrap the output after 255 characters (create a new format type in transaction SPAD).
Can anyone help us!
John McKee

Hi,
Can you please check whether you can use:
CONSTANTS C_LF TYPE X VALUE '0A'.
CONSTANTS C_CR TYPE X VALUE '0D'.
Regards,
Lakshmi.

Prevent Occurence of list header and page breaks in spool file of ALV Grid

Prevent Occurence of list header and page breaks in spool file of ALV Grid Display.
When we run the ALV in background and create spool request then:
Spool file output is coming like this.
Column1 Column2 Column3 Column4
data        data        data       data
data        data        data       data
data        data        data       data
Column1 Column2 Column3 Column4
data        data        data       data
data        data        data       data
data        data        data       data
But the required is like this
Column1 Column2 Column3 Column4
data        data        data       data
data        data        data       data
data        data        data       data
data        data        data       data
data        data        data       data
data        data        data       data
Please suggest a posible answer

Hello all,
if you have not yet solved this on your own, here is my solution: use a format type that has 60000 lines per page for your spool output device.
It all depends on the format type that was used for creating the spool output.
By default (in our system), we have 65 lines per page. And after each page the column headings of the ALV will appear.
What i did:
create a new format type via transaction SPAD->full administration->device types->format types (copy an existing one)
change"Number of Rows" to 60000 or something applicable
edit the device type of your output device (e.g. LOCL) to contain the newly created format type (via SPAD; Button "Formats" in device type maintenance).
That's it! Be sure to use this format type for your output device in the "Background Print Parameters" window (-> Button "Properties").
Regards
Daniel Klein
All other parameters you discussed before didn't do it. All ALV-Settings will be overwritten by the output device settings and its print properties.

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