Unix command into a pl/sql script

Could you tell me how to run a unix command (cp, rm, mkdir....)
into a pl/sql script ?

sigh this is an old chestnut. it can only be done using a java stored procedure. the instructions for doing this can be found in old postings on this forum - use the Search facility. alternatively try the AskTom site, and Metalink posted a solution as well.
rgds, APC

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Can we use unix command in pl/sql statement..
Regards,
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Hi Manikandan,
You cantry this via Oracle Database Jobs. You can create a Job that uses your Shell Script & then execute the job in a procedure / function. It's one of the ways to access the underlying Operating System via PL/SQL.
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Sandeep

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Do not fully understand your question.. but some basics:
You need an Oracle OCI client driver and Oracle client on the client side. E.g. Oracle Instant Client and Oracle's SQL*Plus.
You need to connect to the database server (using SQL*Plus as the example):
sqlplus scott/tiger@db-alias
Where db-alias is a TNS alias for the database.
Once connected, you can use SQL*Plus to load the contents of a SQL script, and send a single SQL command (or PL/SQL anonymous block) at a time to the Oracle server for execution. E.g.
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Combining UNIX commands into one task

Up until now I haven't played around with ARD much in terms of managing client settings, but recently I've been asked to change the energy saver settings on around 50 machines. I've collected the relevant terminal commands, and they all work individually. But I wanted to combine them all into one task. Can anyone tell me how this can be done? The only way I can think of would be to schedule the separate tasks in a queue.
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systemsetup -setdisplaysleep 15
Thanks

I realise this may seem obvious to the more experienced users here, but simply putting colons in between the commands didn't work. I realised that some of these commands needed to be run as root, and some as the current user, so I had to split them into two tasks. Does anyone know how I can get around this? Sudo can't be used without user interaction, so is there another way of running the commands as root within the script?
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Invoke and Execute Unix command from Oracle PL/SQL

Dear All,
I am currently working in the development of multi user application in ORACLE.
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I have to remove a temporary file created in unix server when a particular condition is satisfied in a PL/SQL proccedure.
I searched for this and got solution to use DBMS_PIPE package.
Can you help me how to pack the content 'rm file_name' from different users working in different sessions and how to execute. Can you please explain me how the server manages calls from different sessions and replies to individual sessions.
Thanks in advance,
Shenbaga.

Well if doesn't raise an exception it succeeded. Is that sufficient acknowledgement?
Cheers, APC

Using variables in sql scripts

I am trying to pass a variable into a simple
sql script - but each time I run it, it still asks for the variable.
Here is my example:
test.sql contains:
select count(*) from &tbl
I try to run it by typing the following
at the sqlplus prompt:
@test the_tbl
Even though I provide a value for &tbl,
sqlplus still asks me for the value:
Enter value for tbl:
I am sure that the answer is very simple.
what am I doing wrong ?
Thanks !

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by KR:
I am trying to pass a variable into a simple
sql script - but each time I run it, it still asks for the variable.
Here is my example:
test.sql contains:
select count(*) from &tbl
I try to run it by typing the following
at the sqlplus prompt:
@test the_tbl
Even though I provide a value for &tbl,
sqlplus still asks me for the value:
Enter value for tbl:
I am sure that the answer is very simple.
what am I doing wrong ?
Thanks !<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
In SQL Plus 8.0 this command goes correctly:
select count(*) from &tb ;
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Unix Command to Wake Up a Mac

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I don't know of any built-in UNIX commands, but there are some scripts that perhaps you could find a way to trigger. Look here for some discussion on the issue.
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Message was edited by: Dave Sawyer

Definitions in SQL scripts

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I have three definitions in my main SQL script
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Passing UNIX command in SQL Script

Hi,
I am writing a sql-script in unix.
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I did that way:
Under SYS create the following procedure:
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE SYS.LINUX_RUN (PATH     IN     VARCHAR2,
                                           result      OUT VARCHAR2)
IS
   script_file   VARCHAR2 (40) := 'my-temp-script.sh';
   script_data   VARCHAR2 (4000);
   MyFile        UTL_FILE.file_type;
   d             VARCHAR2 (4000);
   dump_file     VARCHAR2 (40) := '/tmp/my-temp-file.dat';
   dump_type     UTL_FILE.file_type;
BEGIN
   pms.post_calls;
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   script_data := PATH || ' > ' || dump_file;
   UTL_FILE.put_line (MyFile, script_data, FALSE);
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   UTL_FILE.fflush (MyFile);
   UTL_FILE.fclose (MyFile);
   -- Purge old logs, no fun anyway
   DBMS_SCHEDULER.purge_log (JOB_NAME => 'TEST');
   -- Execute script
   -- The job is created as disabled as
   -- we execute it manually and will
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   DBMS_SCHEDULER.create_job (job_name              => 'TEST',
                              job_type              => 'EXECUTABLE',
                              job_action            => '/bin/sh',
                              number_of_arguments   => 1,
                              start_date            => SYSTIMESTAMP,
                              enabled               => FALSE);
   DBMS_SCHEDULER.set_job_argument_value ('TEST', 1, '/tmp/' || script_file);
   DBMS_SCHEDULER.enable ('TEST');
   -- Wait for the job to be executed
   -- usually done within 1 second but
   -- I set it to 2 just in case.
   DBMS_LOCK.sleep (2);
   -- Open the output file and
   -- print the result.
   dump_type := UTL_FILE.fopen ('TMP', dump_file, 'r');
   UTL_FILE.get_line (dump_type, d);
   result := d;
   LOOP
      BEGIN
         UTL_FILE.get_line (dump_type, d);
         DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (d);
      EXCEPTION
         WHEN OTHERS
         THEN
            EXIT;
      END;
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/And grant execute on this procedure to end user.
Then under granted user you can use this procedure in your PL/SQL code.
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Spool Russian Characters from a unix(AIX) sql script

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I have a problem selecting and spooling a column whose characters are in russian to a flat file. If I use oracle sql developer, the data comes out right, e.g
Р-Н ТАШКЕНТ
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ò-î ôáûëåîô or a chain of question marks ?????????
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Edited by: HouseofHunger on Apr 12, 2012 4:02 PM

Os version: AIX 6.1.0.0
Database version: Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.5.0 - 64bit
with the default values for NLS_LANG, I run sqlplus
sqlplus user/password@oracle_sid
select column_name from table_name;
and the output is:
column_name
I exit and export NLS_LANG=RUSSIAN_CIS.CL8ISO8859P5
go back into sqlplus and run the same query as above, and the output is
column_name
À-½ Â°Èºµ½Â
À-¾½ ÃÀÂ°Ç¸ÀÇ¸ºÁº¸¹
Â°Èºµ½Â
Â°Èºµ½Â
¾»Â¸½¾¹ À-¾½
³ ±µº°±°´
Î Ç¸ÀÇ¸ºÁº¸¹ À-½ Ã·±µº¸ÁÂ
Ä°À³¾½°
Ïºº°Á°À°¹Áº¸¹
Â°Èºµ½Â
Á°¼°Àº°½´
So it seems the output I get is somehow influenced by the value of environment variable NLS_LANG, so it may be that either I need the correct value for this environment variable or I need some config on the OS level.....?
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$ locale -a
C
POSIX
en_US.8859-15
en_US.ISO8859-1
en_US
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Call unix command in sqlplus script

Hello, I wanna to know how to call a unix command in the sqlplus script.
For exemple,
I've a sqlplus script to lauch a oracle report, after the report is generated, I wanne to replace the output file in an other directory.
So that, I have to call the unix command mv here in the sqlplus script
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I completed my situation:
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Edited by: user11930885 on 17 janv. 2010 14:53

Yes, at the begining, I'll tried the unix shell by calling SQL.
I've the problem of passing the parameters through.
It seems to me
we can use
Host in the SQLPLUS to run the unix command.
but I've written it in my sqlplus script, it doesn't work. so I wanna to find an exemple how to use HOST in sqlplus script?
I would have loved to give you an example..but its not unix on my laptop.
But what i can tell you is...u should be doing otherway round.
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You got shell scripts for that.
Write a shell script. Login to SQL execute your code.
exit from sql and then move your file with MV. That's it.
Do post how far you get after trying this.

Sql script in UNIX

When I run a sql script in unix using sqlplus command, the process halts at some point. No matter how long I wait, it does not finish (it does not bring the command prompt back). There are no problems in SQL*PLUS. This process usually takes about 30 mins when I run from SQL * PLUS. Any ideas why it hangs in UNIX?
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SQL script into a CASE statement ?

Hy,
can someone tell me, please, if is it possible insert into a case statement (shell unix script) one or more SQL script ?
For example :
case aaa in
1 )
sqlplus blabla <<!
update ...
insert ...
2 )
esac
Thank you very much !
Andys

/unix/sqlplus -s username/pwd @file_name.sql
This will work on unix prompt. use this in shell script and implement. file_name.sql containts update logic.
I hope it will solve ur problem.
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Andys:
Hy,
can someone tell me, please, if is it possible insert into a case statement (shell unix script) one or more SQL script ?
For example :
case aaa in
1 )
sqlplus blabla <<!
update ...
insert ...
2 )
esac
Thank you very much !
Andys<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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I have problem with os command inside sqlplus script.
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Excute Unix command Using PL SQL

Greeting,
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Is this what you need ?
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TEST@db102 SQL> insert into test values('/tmp','http://otn.oracle.com');
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TEST@db102 SQL> exit
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#!/bin/bash
rm -f /tmp/index.html
/usr/bin/wget -P $1 $2
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SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Sat Jul 29 17:11:28 2006
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
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2     v_dir   varchar2(100);
3     v_url   varchar2(200);
4 BEGIN
5     select dir, url into v_dir, v_url
6     from test;
7     DBMS_SCHEDULER.CREATE_JOB(
8     job_name=>'testjob',
9     job_type=>'EXECUTABLE',
10     job_action=>'/tmp/wget.sh',
11     number_of_arguments => 2,
12     enabled => FALSE);
13     dbms_scheduler.set_job_argument_value('testjob',1,v_dir);
14     dbms_scheduler.set_job_argument_value('testjob',2,v_url);
15     dbms_scheduler.enable('testjob');
16* end;
TEST@db102 SQL> /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
TEST@db102 SQL>sorry for lost indentations, but tags do not help us these days....

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