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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting SQLplus and Shell script problem Post 302494585 by methyl on Monday 7th of February 2011 06:34:47 PM
Old 02-07-2011
The issue is fundamental.

You clearly understand SQL but have a problem processing the results of the query in unix Shell.

The problem is:
All the output from the SQL session is going into one environment variable called $sql_rows. There is no record structure and no record delimiters - just a very long list of fields. When you do "for sql_records in $sql_rows" it is reading each field one-by-one (left-to-right on a very wide row).

I would recommend using a SQL "spool filename" statement before the query and a "spool off" statement after the query in order to output the results of the query to a disc file (not a Shell environment variable). With judicious use of SQL commands early in the script like "set feedback off" we can reduce the amount of rubbish appearing in the file. I notice that you have "-s" (silent) on the command line - it all helps.

The file output by "spool filename" will have a proper record structure (one line per hit on the database).
If you post the contents of the file (in code tags) the scripting wizards on this board should be able to fish out the filesystem name, run the appropriate "df" and present the data in an organised manner.

The script is finding out where the database segments reside from Oracle system tables and checking the related disc space. I like the concept of this script and I think that a good clean solution should go into the FAQ on this board.

I have written a huge commercial quality script to monitor multiple Oracle databases and alert if new segments will be required in the forseeable future. It has certain commonality with your script but my SQL side goes a lot further into finding the "high water" mark of the database within multiple fixed size segments. In the commercial world we would never let an Oracle database extend dynamically.


Ps. Whenever you post Oracle questions, please mention the word "Oracle" and state:
Operating System and version.
Oracle version.
What Shell you use.

Last edited by methyl; 02-07-2011 at 07:39 PM.. Reason: minor typos
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ppmtosixel(1)						      General Commands Manual						     ppmtosixel(1)

NAME
ppmtosixel - convert a portable pixmap into DEC sixel format SYNOPSIS
ppmtosixel [-raw] [-margin] [ppmfile] DESCRIPTION
Reads a portable pixmap as input. Produces sixel commands (SIX) as output. The output is formatted for color printing, e.g. for a DEC LJ250 color inkjet printer. If RGB values from the PPM file do not have maxval=100, the RGB values are rescaled. A printer control header and a color assignment table begin the SIX file. Image data is written in a compressed format by default. A printer control footer ends the image file. OPTIONS
-raw If specified, each pixel will be explicitly described in the image file. If -raw is not specified, output will default to com- pressed format in which identical adjacent pixels are replaced by "repeat pixel" commands. A raw file is often an order of magni- tude larger than a compressed file and prints much slower. -margin If -margin is not specified, the image will be start at the left margin (of the window, paper, or whatever). If -margin is speci- fied, a 1.5 inch left margin will offset the image. PRINTING
Generally, sixel files must reach the printer unfiltered. Use the lpr -x option or cat filename > /dev/tty0?. BUGS
Upon rescaling, truncation of the least significant bits of RGB values may result in poor color conversion. If the original PPM maxval was greater than 100, rescaling also reduces the image depth. While the actual RGB values from the ppm file are more or less retained, the color palette of the LJ250 may not match the colors on your screen. This seems to be a printer limitation. SEE ALSO
ppm(5) AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 1991 by Rick Vinci. 26 April 1991 ppmtosixel(1)
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