UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi,

I am using a query like below in my shell script :

{
{
echo "set echo off"
echo "set head off"
echo "whenever sqlerror exit -1;
select NUMBER ||','||
FNAME ||','||
LOC ||','||
NUM ||','||
DESC ||','||
ID ||','||
INC ||','||
to_char(start_date,'dd-mm-yyyy') ||','||
to_char(end_date,'dd-mm-yyyy')
from emp_details
where .....
} | sqlplus -s testuser/testpass@testdb > EmpDetails.txt
}


As I need a comma separated file.

When the file is created, a sample lines looks like below:

2514,MY_TEST_NAME_IS,351,23728929,THIS_IS_A_TEST VALUEQ,47265,Y,01-04-2008,01-01
-2027

As you can see there is an extra carriage return coming after "01-01" and the "-2027" is going to the next line. This is happening with all the outout lines. Any data after a particular length is going to the next line.
How can I remove this formatting issue?

Thanks
Deepak

Hi Deepak

The parameter you are looking for is the SET LINESIZE. It sets the number of characters as page width of the query results.

In you example, put this line after 'echo "set head off"':

echo "SET LINESIZE 300"

Regards,

Er

Hi Er,

It worked Thanks for the help.

Deepak