Question

Using SQL Plus, you can run a script with the ‘@’ operator from the command line, as in:

c:\>sqlplus username/password@databasename @'c:\my_script.sql' 

But is it possible to just run a single command with a similar syntax, without a whole separate script file? As in:

c:\>sqlplus username/password@databasename @execute some_procedure 

I am interested in this because I want to write a batch file that simply executes a command, without generating a bunch of two-line ‘.sql’ files.

Answer 1

I’m able to run an SQL query by piping it to SQL*Plus:

@echo select count(*) from table; | sqlplus username/password@database 

Give

@echo execute some_procedure | sqlplus username/password@databasename 

a try.