SQL*PLUS WINDOW DOESNT GIVE AN ERROR MESSAGE.

Question

HI,
i FOUND OUT THAT IF I HAD AN ERROR IN MY SQL SCRIPT, THE WINDOW WILL DISAPPEAR AND LOST EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE DONE. IT DOESNT GIVE ME AN ERROR MESSAGE. IM HERE IN CHAP05, BUILDING A RELATIONAL SCHEMA OF ORACLE DATABASE 10G EXPRESS EDITION FOR LINUX. WHAT PARAMETER AM I MISSING IN MY SYSTEM? PLS. HELP ME. THANKS.
LEN

Answer 1

Hi,
Most likely you have to adjust WHENEVER SQLERROR and (or) WHENEVER OSERROR settings.
Consider an example below:
C:\> sqlplus /NOLOG
SQL*Plus: Release 9.2.0.6.0 - Production on Wed Nov 1 02:55:29 2006
Copyright (c) 1982, 2002, Oracle Corporation.  All rights reserved.
SQL> conn max
Enter password:
Connected.
SQL>
SQL> whenever sqlerror continue
SQL>
SQL> exec raise_application_error(-20000, 'Error')
BEGIN raise_application_error(-20000, 'Error'); END;
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-20000: Error
ORA-06512: at line 1
SQL> whenever sqlerror exit
SQL>
SQL> exec raise_application_error(-20000, 'Error')
BEGIN raise_application_error(-20000, 'Error'); END;
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-20000: Error
ORA-06512: at line 1
Disconnected from Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.6.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, Oracle Label Security, OLAP and Oracle Data Mining options
JServer Release 9.2.0.6.0 - Production
C:\>As you can see, with WHENEVER SQLERROR set to EXIT, SQL*Plus session terminates as it encounters any program error.
Similarly, for OSERROR setting:
C:\> sqlplus /NOLOG
SQL*Plus: Release 9.2.0.6.0 - Production on Wed Nov 1 02:57:08 2006
Copyright (c) 1982, 2002, Oracle Corporation.  All rights reserved.
SQL> conn max
Enter password:
Connected.
SQL>
SQL> start C:\non_existent_file
SP2-0310: unable to open file "C:\non_existent_file.sql"
SQL>
SQL> whenever oserror exit
SQL>
SQL> start C:\non_existent_file
O/S Message: No such file or directory
Disconnected from Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.6.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, Oracle Label Security, OLAP and Oracle Data Mining options
JServer Release 9.2.0.6.0 - Production
C:\>Hope this helps.