Spool SELECT query output in unix

Question

Dear All,
I have a requirement to spool out the data from a table into a log file and send it as an email.
In my unix shell script, this is what I am doing:
set def off;
set echo off
spool mail_text.log
begin
SELECT *  FROM table1;
end;
spool off;
/usr/lib/sendmail -v <mail_id> < mail_text.logOn running the shell script, I get an error -
SELECT * FROM table1;
ERROR at line 2:
ORA-06550: line 2, column 1:
PLS-00428: an INTO clause is expected in this SELECT statement
if I am to use INTO clause, how would I spool out the data?
Looking forward to your suggestions.

Answer 1

Caitanya wrote:
Dear All,
I have a requirement to spool out the data from a table into a log file and send it as an email.
In my unix shell script, this is what I am doing:
set def off;
set echo off
spool mail_text.log
begin
SELECT *  FROM table1;
end;
spool off;
/usr/lib/sendmail -v <mail_id> < mail_text.logOn running the shell script, I get an error -
SELECT * FROM table1;
ERROR at line 2:
ORA-06550: line 2, column 1:
PLS-00428: an INTO clause is expected in this SELECT statementWhen you are issuing a select statement in PL/SQL (if you use the sql inside Begin and end), you need to put "into" some variable.
Try this
set def off;
set echo off
spool mail_text.log
SELECT *  FROM table1;
spool off;
/usr/lib/sendmail -v <mail_id> < mail_text.log-Arun