Use file as sql*plus input

Question

Can I use a file as sql*plus input?
I have a query like below:
select * from employees
where deptno = &1
and job = &2
It will prompt me for the values of course.
I can execute it at the command line like below:
sql>@script.sql 10 salesrep
Is is possible to put the values in a file and call the script like below:
sql>@script.sql <filename>
Then this file could be in a directory in the OS and I can add any values to it.
thanks.

Answer 1

Hi,
The following script reads a 1-line file and puts its contents into the substitution variable &file_contents:
COLUMN     file_contents_col   NEW_VALUE  file_contents
SELECT     TRANSLATE ( '
@&1
            , 'A' || CHR (10) || CHR (13)
            , 'A'
            )     AS file_contents_col
FROM    dual;So, if my_params.txt contains
10    salesrepthen you can say:
@read_file  my_params.txt
@script.sql   &file_contentsYou can generalize this by putting the two lines above into a file called caswf.sql:
@read_file  &2
@&1  &file_contentsand call it like this
@caswf  script.sql  my_params.txt"Caswf" is a Welsh word that means "call any script with file".