I've a problem with a sqlplus spool (oracle 12c/18c).
I want trim extra white space in columns.
This is the expected result
01JHON BROWN 30RED
02MARIO ROSSI 25WHITE
this is my result
01 JHON BROWN 30 RED
02 MARIO ROSSI 25 WHITE
this is the sql code
SET ECHO OFF
SET VERIFY OFF
SET FEEDBACK OFF
SET SERVEROUTPUT ON
SET HEADING OFF
SET PAGESIZE 0
SET LINESIZE 2000
SET SQLBLANKLINES ON
SET FEEDBACK OFF
SET TIME OFF
SET TIMING OFF
SET COLSEP ''
SET TRIMSPOOL OFF
SET TERMOUT OFF
ALTER SESSION SET NLS_DATE_FORMAT='YYYYMMDD';
ALTER SESSION SET NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS='.,';
spool pippo.txt
SELECT TRIM(NUM), RPAD(NAME,12), TRIM(AGE), RPAD(COLOR,7)
FROM PLUTO;
spool off
exit
THX
That's just how column formatting works with spool - each row's values are padded to the full width of the columns. See this similar question to get an idea of your options.
If you don't want any spaces between column values, you'll generally have to concatenate them into a single column, e.g.
SELECT TRIM(NUM) || RPAD(NAME,12) || TRIM(AGE) || RPAD(COLOR,7)
FROM PLUTO;
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I am spooling a big result in a file but the spool add a lot of space between columns :
one line is more than 6850 characters (mostly empty space), one column take 500 characters, for instance the first one :
23053607 ;
Here is the query :
spool result.txt;
set pagesize 0
set linesize 8000
SET TRIMSPOOL ON
set heading off
set space 0
set trimout off
set termout off
set verify off
set echo off
set feed off
set trimspool on
-- set echo off;
-- set termout off;
set colsep ';'
set feedback off;
set pages 0;
spool result.txt;
select
trim(rec.Code) AS Code,
trim(A.label) AS Number,
trim(B.text) AS Syst
FROM record rec
join tableA A on A.rec_id = rec.rec_id
join tableB B on B.kla_id = rec.kla_id;
spool off;
exit;
In the database there is no space.
How to avoid any spaces ?
Simplest thing to do is to just concatenate the values. Remove colsep and try out:
SELECT rec.Code ||';'||
A.label ||';'||
B.text
FROM record rec
JOIN tableA A ON A.rec_id = rec.rec_id
JOIN tableB B ON B.kla_id = rec.kla_id;
Good day, Stack Overflow folks. I have a question regarding some SQL code that I'm updated for some regulatory processes that my team has. When I run the following code, I get the export set up just fine, however, I am getting several header rows and several rows of nothing. The SQL code in question is below:
Set Heading On
Set Colsep '|'
Set NumFormat 999999999999.99
Set Echo Off
Spool 'X:\Cool\Drive\Space\Yo\Output.csv' Replace;
Select …
From …
Group By …
;
Spool Off;
The output looks something like this:
A| B| C|...
-|-------|------|...
with multiple instances of those rows repeating.
Does anyone out there know how to stop this from happening, and how I can trim the outputs so we don't have a bunch of white spaces before the actual data starts printing?
Thank you!
You need to add two things
SQL> set underline off
SQL> set pagesize 100
PAGESIZE says, how many rows to print before you print the header column names again. If you only want to see those once, set the pagesize larger than the number of rows.
Here's my query -
SQL> set heading on
SQL> set colsep '|'
SQL> set numformat 999999999999.99
SQL> select sum(salary), department_id
2 from employees
3 group by department_id
4 ;
And if I run that -
SUM(SALARY)| DEPARTMENT_ID
105970.33| 100.00
51214.47| 30.00
14380.48|
119020.33| 90.00
39014.85| 20.00
20532.81| 70.00
41680.87| 110.00
321867.32| 50.00
626338.39| 80.00
13355.08| 40.00
59187.52| 60.00
8228.13| 10.00
12 rows selected.
currently i use below code to spool csv file but i have find some line length more than 4000 characters , so it will no propey display
set echo off
set feedback off
set heading on
set linesize 32000
set pagesize 0
set termout off
set trim off
set trimspool on
set array 100
set underline off
set wrap off
set flush off
set verify off
set embedded on
select cloumnA||','||ColumnB ||','||ColumnC ..... from my_tab_name ；
so i modify my code but the result is not my want.
set echo off
set feedback off
set heading on
set linesize 32000
set pagesize 0
set termout off
set trim off
set trimspool on
set array 100
set underline off
set wrap off
set flush off
set verify off
set embedded on
select cloumnA,ColumnB ,ColumnC ..... from my_tab_name ；
the result 1:
A_value,B_value,C_value..... (the result is correct ,but only can show 4000 characters)
the result 2:
A_value
B_value
C_value
....
Anyone can help,thanks a lot!
When you concatenate columns (cloumnA||','||ColumnB ||','||ColumnC), the result is a VARCHAR2, which can't be more than 4000 characters (in typical circumstances).
See this similar question for some different options.
You could use COLSEP:
set colsep ','
spool myfile.csv
select cloumnA,ColumnB,ColumnC ..... from my_tab_name;
Which will get you something like
A_value ,B_value ,C_value
A_value ,B_value ,C_value
A_value ,B_value ,C_value
Which most people don't like, but it doesn't have a 4000-character line limit.
If you're using SQL Developer, you can use the easy /*csv*/ hint
select /*csv*/ cloumnA,ColumnB,ColumnC ..... from my_tab_name;
And if it's possible for you to use the newer SQLcl instead of SQL*Plus, you can use set sqlformat:
set sqlformat csv
spool myfile.csv
select cloumnA,ColumnB,ColumnC ..... from my_tab_name;
I have a shell with one command line opening sql plus and calling a sql file
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/sqlplus id/psw #SQL_DIRECTORY/myfile.sql
in this file I write this :
spool myfile.csv
select 'column 01', ';', 'column 02' from dual;
select myColumn1, ';', mycolum2 from mytable
spool off
It works good BUT on the first line of the the first column of each select there is a special character.
Why is that? how can I get rid of this
Thanks
From the description it sounds like you have a login.sql or glogin.sql user profile that is issuing set newpage 0:
Sets the number of blank lines to be printed from the top of each page to the top title. A value of zero places a formfeed at the beginning of each page (including the first page) and clears the screen on most terminals. If you set NEWPAGE to NONE, SQL*Plus does not print a blank line or formfeed between the report pages.
In Excel that does show up as an unprintable character with a question mark in a small square; in Notepad++ it seems to show as FF in reverse colouring; and in some editors (e.g. Vim) it shows as ^L. This is the ASCII form feed character, decimal 12 or 0xC.
You can either reset that with set newpage none, or make it irrelevant with set pagesize 0, which has the convenient side effect of removing the column headers and separators. You may also want to set feedback off if you aren't already.
Samples with contrasting settings:
set newpage 0;
set feedback on;
set pagesize 100;
spool ctrl.csv
select 'head 1;head 2' from dual;
select sysdate, ';', systimestamp from dual;
spool off
^L'HEAD1;HEAD2'
-------------
head 1;head 2
1 row selected.
^LSYSDATE ' SYSTIMESTAMP
------------------- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
2015-09-16 15:45:42 ; 16-SEP-15 15.45.42.333627 +01:00
1 row selected.
And
set newpage none;
set feedback off;
set pagesize 0;
spool ctrl.csv
select 'head 1;head 2' from dual;
select sysdate, ';', systimestamp from dual;
spool off
head 1;head 2
2015-09-16 15:46:11 ; 16-SEP-15 15.46.11.274863 +01:00
I have set following SQLPLUS commands:
SET ECHO OFF
SET FEEDBACK OFF
SET HEADING ON
SET LINESIZE 100
SET PAGESIZE 1000
SET SPACE 0
SET TERMOUT OFF
SET TRIMOUT OFF
SET TRIMSPOOL ON
SET VERIFY OFF
But i am getting the result as:
ERROR_CODE
----------
ERROR_DESC
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ERROR_COUNT
-----------
EXCP098
EXCEPTION: Processing not allowed
2
EXCP014
EXCEPTION: UNKNOWN STATUS
11
i.e. all the column headings and column values are in a new line instead of all column header should be in the same row and then record 1 should be in the first row and then record 2 should be in the second row.
I want it should be displayed as:
ERROR_CODE ERROR_DESC ERROR_COUNT
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
EXCP098 EXCEPTION: Processing not allowed 2
EXCP014 EXCEPTION: UNKNOWN STATUS 11
If "ERROR_DESC" is too long to fit on a line (together with "ERROR_CODE" and "ERROR_COUNT"), you have a few options to try:
return just a substring,
TRIM the value, or
change the data type for "ERROR_DESC".
What's working and appropriate, depends on your overall context. After all, the display in SQLPlus is usually not the most important aspect.