I need to deploy database objects by calling a script. But it throws an error like this "PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "PROMPT" ".
What could be the problem with my script?
My script is as follows:
set echo on
spool logs/dm_ref.log
Prompt Running dw/deploy/dm_ref/file.sql...
#dw/deploy/dm_ref/file.sql
Prompt Running dw/deploy/dm_ref/file_tbl.sql...
#dw/deploy/dm_ref/file_tbl.sql
spool off
set echo off
the 2nd Prompt is for creating a table which successfully runs.
The problem is with the first Prompt for which it creates a stored procedure.
Thank's in advance.
The main issue is you're not giving us enough information to answer your question.
SQL Developer's script engine DOES support the PROMPT command.
Please amend your question to include the spooled output, the error message, and the contents of your .sql files you are executing.
I have a problem with insertion scripts in SQL PLUS.In my insert scripts data contains '&' like this 'Rat&CAT'.When am run my script file using SQL PLUS Batch file .It is always promting this message "Enter the Value of CAT:".Could any one tell me how to solve this problem?
Add this command at the start of your script:
SET DEFINE OFF;
It will turn off variable substitution.
While executing a shell script involving database connection, my script showed me an Error :sqlplus not found :
sqlplus -s username/paswd#DB_name > /home/user/sql.out << EOF
But when i included the following statement, it started to work:
source ~oracle/.bash_profile
What is the purpose of this above line ?
This includes ~oracle/.bash_profilein the script where the line source ~oracle/.bash_profile is.
In your case it probably add the directory of Oracle bin in your PATH.
see also source/dot man page
That line includes the referenced shell script (in this case the .bash_profile from the Oracle home directory).
It's a simple means of decomposing shell scripts into smaller components and thus enabling reuse.
I have the following batch script:
sqlplus ms/ms#orcl < drop.sql
sqlplus ms/ms#orcl < create.1.0.sql
This works fine when I double click on the bat file in Windows Explorer and run it.
But when I type the command name from the DOS prompt I get an error:
C:\>create.bat
C:\>sqlplus ms/ms#orcl 0<drop.sql
The handle is invalid.
C:\>sqlplus ms/ms#orcl 0<create.1.0.sql
The handle is invalid
Any ideas?
Update: Made the change to use # instead of <. This gets around the error but now the script only executes the first file and then leaves you at the SQL> prompt. To get the second file to execute you have to type exit at the prompt, then the second file runs. Not sure how to get both files to execute. ??
If you want SQL*PLUS to execute a script, a better way than command-line redirection is the # syntax:
sqlplus ms/ms#orcl #drop.sql
sqlplus ms/ms#orcl #create.1.0.sql
Also read up on the ## syntax, which you can use to execute a .sql script from another .sql script in the same directory.
SQL> help #
SQL> help ##
Made the change to use # instead of <.
This gets around the error but now the
script only executes the first file
and then leaves you at the SQL>
prompt. To get the second file to
execute you have to type exit at the
prompt, then the second file runs. Not
sure how to get both files to execute.
??
I ended up writing a python script to run sql plus and then exit it to get around this issue. I have yet to find any way around that limitation. Although you would only have to deal with the issue once if you use ## as was suggested. You would just have to run the second script from the first script.
I'm running Oracle 11g on Linux and I'm trying to run a script which will create my database. This script runs fine on windows, but when I test it on Linux, I get the following error:
SP2-0556: Invalid File Name
The problem may be that the path to the file name has a space in it. I'm going to simplify the problem down to one of the many commands I run in the file to make it simple. The sample command I'm trying to run looks like this:
sqlplus [uname]/[pw] #'../database/My Schema/create_sequence.sql'
the create_sequence.sql file has two simple create sequence commands that run fine by themselves. I strongly suspect it is due to the white space because when I change the directory name from My Schema to MySchema and alter the above sqlplus command accordingly, the script runs fine.
Like I said, this script works in windows with the spaces, but not in Linux. I suspect spaces may not be supported, but I was wondering if anyone knew any different or it there is a work-around?
side note: running a command like:
more ../database/My\ Schema/create_sequence.sql
or
more "../database/My Schema/create_sequence.sql"
prints the contents of the file to the console as you would expect. So, I think this is sqlplus (and linux) specific.
I connected to one of my Linux boxes and was pretty easily able to reproduce this issue. There doesn't seem to be any way that I can find to execute the file with the '#' option from the command line so I think you're left with the following options for work arounds:
Rename the My Schema directory to no longer have a space in it (as well as updating all other scripts that reference it
Execute the file from the directory in which it resides (I confirmed that this works, see below)
Send the file into sqlplus via stdin (see below)
You should also file a report with Oracle support as there may be a simple fix that they can provide.
Example Commands:
From Directory
cd ../database/My\ Schema
sqlplus [uname]/[pw] #create_sequence.sql
Via stdin
sqlplus [uname]/[pw] < ../database/My\ Schema/create_sequence.sql
Well, if this is a Linux issue (see my comment on your question - it works fine on Solaris), you may have to try something along the lines of:
sqlplus [uname]/[pw] < '../database/My Schema/create_sequence.sql'
You run into problems if you're trying to pass parameters to your sql script, however...
EDIT: There seems to be a Metalink issue raised for a very similar problem: "Bug 7150873 SQL scripts with filename containing spaces results in SP2-0556". It is listed as affecting 10.2.0.4 and 11.1. It is supposedly fixed in 10.2.0.5 and 11.2, neither which are available yet. It does say it's a generic issue affecting most/all platforms, so I don't know if this is your problem or not.
The specific text of the issue: "The SQLPLUS START command fails to execute SQL scripts which have a space in the filename."
Just for grins, what happens if you do the following:
sqlplus [uname]/[pw]
start '../database/My Schema/create_sequence.sql'
EDIT2: I don't know if modifying your scripts wholesale is feasible or not, but a workaround might be:
cp '../database/My Schema/file2run.sql' ./temp.sql
sqlplus [uname]/[pw] #temp.sql
rm ./temp.sql
You would need to wrap each sqlplus call this way. Another option would be to create a shell script, say with a name of mysqlplus.sh:
#!/bin/sh
cp $2 ./temp$$
sqlplus $1 #$2
rm ./temp$$
Then modify your build scripts thus:
mysqlplus.sh [uname]/[pw] '../database/My Schema/create_sequence.sql'
According to this thread on the OTN site, SP2-0556 can be caused by invalid white space characters in the file that is being executed. Likely the Linux version of SQL-Plus doesn't know how to deal with Windows newline character(s). Try deleting the existing file and recreating it with your desired commands (you said there are only 2 DDL commands so it should be easy).
If you put quotes around path, it works:
SQL > START "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\demobuild.sql"
This does not work:
SQL > START C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\demobuild.sql
have you tried escaping the white space?
Try:
sqlplus [uname]/[pw] #'../database/My\ Schema/create_sequence.sql'
If you're working with this under linux you can escape the space with a '\' character like such:
sqlplus [uname]/[pw] #../database/My\ Schema/create_sequence.sql
I know it's an old question but I just ran into the same situation and after a lot of tries I made it work and I want to share my solution, it was simply put the path into quotes like this:
#"C:/Users/john/AppData/Roaming/SQL Developer/test.sql";