12.1 SQL*Plus Command Summary
Command | Description |
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@ (at sign) |
Runs SQL*Plus statements in the specified script. The script can be called from the local file system or from a web server. |
@@ (double at sign) |
Runs a script. This command is similar to the @ (at sign) command It is useful for running nested scripts because it looks for the specified script in the same path as the calling script. |
/ (slash) |
Executes the SQL command or PL/SQL block. |
ACCEPT |
Reads a line of input and stores it in a given substitution variable. |
APPEND |
Adds specified text to the end of the current line in the buffer. |
ARCHIVE LOG |
Displays information about redo log files. |
ATTRIBUTE |
Specifies display characteristics for a given attribute of an Object Type column, and lists the current display characteristics for a single attribute or all attributes. |
BREAK |
Specifies where and how formatting will change in a report, or lists the current break definition. |
BTITLE |
Places and formats a specified title at the bottom of each report page, or lists the current BTITLE definition. |
CHANGE |
Changes text on the current line in the buffer. |
CLEAR |
Resets or erases the current clause or setting for the specified option, such as BREAKS or COLUMNS. |
COLUMN |
Specifies display characteristics for a given column, or lists the current display characteristics for a single column or for all columns. |
COMPUTE |
Calculates and prints summary lines, using various standard computations, on subsets of selected rows, or lists all COMPUTE definitions. |
CONNECT |
Connects a given user to Oracle Database. |
COPY |
Copies results from a query to a table in the same or another database. |
DEFINE |
Specifies a substitution variable and assigns it a CHAR value, or lists the value and variable type of a single variable or all variables. |
DEL |
Deletes one more lines of the buffer. |
DESCRIBE |
Lists the column definitions for the specified table, view, or synonym or the specifications for the specified function procedure. |
DISCONNECT |
Commits pending changes to the database and logs the current user off Oracle Database, but does not exit SQL*Plus. |
EDIT |
Invokes an operating system text editor on the contents of the specified file or on the contents of the buffer. |
EXECUTE |
Executes a single PL/SQL statement. |
EXIT |
Terminates SQL*Plus and returns control to the operating system. |
GET |
Loads an operating system file into the buffer. |
HELP |
Accesses the SQL*Plus command-line help system. |
HISTORY |
Recalls the history of commands, SQL*Plus commands, and SQL or PL/SQL statements issued in the current SQL*Plus session. |
HOST |
Executes an operating system command without leaving SQL*Plus. |
INPUT |
Adds one or more new lines after the current line in the buffer. |
LIST |
Lists one or more lines of the buffer. |
PASSWORD |
Enables a password to be changed without echoing the password on an input device. |
PAUSE |
Displays the specified text, then waits for the user to press Return. |
Displays the current value of a bind variable. |
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PROMPT |
Sends the specified message to the user's screen. |
EXIT |
Terminates SQL*Plus and returns control to the operating system QUIT is identical to EXIT. |
RECOVER |
Performs media recovery on one or more tablespaces, one or more datafiles, or the entire database. |
REMARK |
Begins a comment in a script. |
REPFOOTER |
Places and formats a specified report footer at the bottom of each report, or lists the current REPFOOTER definition. |
REPHEADER |
Places and formats a specified report header at the top of each report, or lists the current REPHEADER definition. |
RUN |
Lists and runs the SQL command or PL/SQL block currently stored in the SQL buffer. |
SAVE |
Saves the contents of the buffer in an operating system file (a script). |
SET |
Sets a system variable to alter the SQL*Plus environment for your current session. |
SHOW |
Shows the value of a SQL*Plus system variable or the current SQL*Plus environment. |
SHUTDOWN |
Shuts down a currently running Oracle Database instance. |
SPOOL |
Stores query results in an operating system file and, optionally, sends the file to a printer. |
START |
Runs the SQL statements in the specified script. The script can be called from a local file system or a web server in SQL*Plus command-line. |
STARTUP |
Starts an Oracle Database instance and optionally mounts and opens a database. |
STORE |
Saves attributes of the current SQL*Plus environment in an operating system script. |
TIMING |
Records timing data for an elapsed period of time, lists the current timer's title and timing data, or lists the number of active timers. |
TTITLE |
Places and formats a specified title at the top of each report page, or lists the current TTITLE definition. |
UNDEFINE |
Deletes one or more substitution variables that you defined either explicitly (with the DEFINE command) or implicitly (with an argument to the START command). |
VARIABLE |
Declares a bind variable that can be referenced in PL/SQL, or lists the current display characteristics for a single variable or all variables. |
WHENEVER OSERROR |
Exits SQL*Plus if an operating system command generates an error. |
WHENEVER SQLERROR |
Exits SQL*Plus if a SQL command or PL/SQL block generates an error. |
XQUERY |
Runs an XQuery 1.0 statement. |