SQL * Plus - forward slash usage

Question

I have package spec and body in separate files, i have 2 packages, so i have 4 files in total.
I want to install the 2 packages using "SQL * Plus", but how the install-script should look like. I don't understand how and where to use "sql * plus" command "forward-slash" "/".
Should it be like this:
spec_file_1
body_file_1
spec_file_1
body_file_1
Or how the "/" should be used? Only ones at the end? I don't understand.

Answer 1

You can write a single file this way:
create or replace package a is
end;
create or replace package body a is
end;
create or replace package b is
end;
create or replace package body b is
end;
/And then run it in sqlplus this way:
SQL >@a.sqlor multiple files this way:
create or replace package a is
end;
create or replace package body a is
end;
create or replace package b is
end;
create or replace package body b is
end;
/And then run them in sqlplus this way:
SQL >@a.sql
SQL >@b.sql
SQL >@c.sql
SQL >@d.sqlOr write a file e that runs a,b,c,d this way:
@a.sql
@b.sql
@c.sql
@d.sqlAnd then run it in sqlplus this way:
SQL >@e.sqlIn the previous examples the slash is always at the end of each CREATE...END;
This is not compulsory. In the last example you could remove the slashes from the files a,b,c,d and write the file e this way:
@a.sql
@b.sql
@c.sql
@d.sql
/This works anyway.
Max
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Edited by: Massimo Ruocchio on Jan 26, 2010 9:20 AM
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