Hi i am new on Unix..........
I have to write a ddl and for tables and I am using single quotes in the comment for the table and its column...........but when i see on the unix server the ' dont show .

e.g. DROP TABLE DMR_PURGED;

CREATE TABLE DMR_PURGED
(
HEALTH_SERVICE_ID NUMBER(20) NOT NULL,
HEALTH_SERVICE_ITEM_NO NUMBER(2) NOT NULL,
SYSTEM_CD VARCHAR(2) NOT NULL,
PURGED_DT DATE NOT NULL,
REC_CREATE_TIMESTAMP DATE NOT NULL
);

COMMENT ON TABLE DMR_PURGED IS 'This stores purged member claims from PBS';

COMMENT ON COLUMN DMR_PURGED.HEALTH_SERVICE_ID IS 'Health Service ID';

COMMENT ON COLUMN DMR_PURGED.HEALTH_SERVICE_ITEM_NO IS 'Health Service Item Number';

COMMENT ON COLUMN DMR_PURGED.SYSTEM_CD IS 'System Code';

COMMENT ON COLUMN DMR_PURGED.PURGED_DT IS 'Purged Date';

COMMENT ON COLUMN DMR_PURGED.REC_CREATE_TIMESTAMP IS 'Record Create Timestamp';


CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER TRG_DMR_PURGED_TS
BEFORE UPDATE OR INSERT
ON DMR_PURGED
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN

the comment line quotes either dont show or comes out as special character........plz help

How are you composing the file?

If you edit the file on the UNIX box with vi does the problem go away?

[quote=agarwalniru]Hi i am new on Unix..........
I have to write a ddl and for tables and I am using single quotes in the comment for the table and its column...........but when i see on the unix server the ' dont show .

Ran this code -

more run.ksh

sqlplus <<ENDIT
$(cat $HOME/.dw_plus_logon.sec)

CREATE TABLE DMR_PURGED
(
HEALTH_SERVICE_ID NUMBER(20) NOT NULL,
HEALTH_SERVICE_ITEM_NO NUMBER(2) NOT NULL,
SYSTEM_CD VARCHAR(2) NOT NULL,
PURGED_DT DATE NOT NULL,
REC_CREATE_TIMESTAMP DATE NOT NULL
);

COMMENT ON TABLE DMR_PURGED IS 'This stores purged member claims from PBS';

COMMENT ON COLUMN DMR_PURGED.HEALTH_SERVICE_ID IS 'Health Service ID';

COMMENT ON COLUMN DMR_PURGED.HEALTH_SERVICE_ITEM_NO IS 'Health Service Item Number';

COMMENT ON COLUMN DMR_PURGED.SYSTEM_CD IS 'System Code';

COMMENT ON COLUMN DMR_PURGED.PURGED_DT IS 'Purged Date';

COMMENT ON COLUMN DMR_PURGED.REC_CREATE_TIMESTAMP IS 'Record Create Timestamp';



quit
ENDIT

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Looks like it worked - I saw these results -

select * from user_col_comments
where table_name like 'DMR%'

TABLE_NAME COLUMN_NAME COMMENTS

DMR_PURGED HEALTH_SERVICE_ID Health Service ID
DMR_PURGED HEALTH_SERVICE_ITEM_NO Health Service Item Number
DMR_PURGED SYSTEM_CD System Code
DMR_PURGED PURGED_DT Purged Date
DMR_PURGED REC_CREATE_TIMESTAMP Record Create Timestamp
------------------------------------------------------------------

But there may be parameters you need to check - like some of the NLS parameters in Oracle.

thats the whole problem......i m trying to edit it via Vi editor on unix and it doesnt let me edit.
so i making the changes ona notepad and FTP on unix....it still gives special characters in place of quotes

the DBA got back to me saying that fo rthem it showed special chracters instead of quotes in the comment line........actually i created this doc in notepad an dthen FTP on unix server

On the unix machine try:
tr -d '\r' < file.txt > file

Agarwalniru,
If you have the text in Notepad, the quick solution is to just
copy and paste it to unix vi.