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Suppressing Blank Lines [message #414510] Wed, 22 July 2009 07:05 Go to next message
Mauragon
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Registered: February 2007
Location: Philippines
Junior Member
Hello,

I'm creating a script that spools records from HRMS. I was wondering if there's a way to suppress the blank lines it produce because of the 5 sql statements then at the PL/SQL block i'm using dbms_output.put_line to show control totals so on the output there's preceeding 5 blank lines. The blank lines are not spooled though but I want the control totals to be neatly formatted.

Thanks in advance.

This is the initial part of the code :

SET ECHO OFF
SET FEEDBACK OFF
SET HEADING OFF
SET LINESIZE 1000
SET NEWPAGE NONE
SET PAGESIZE 0
SET SERVEROUTPUT ON
SET SHOWMODE OFF
SET SPACE 0
SET TERMOUT ON
SET TRIMOUT ON
SET TRIMSPOOL ON
SET VERIFY OFF
SET WRAP OFF

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

COLUMN end_date NOPRINT NEW_VALUE p_end_date

COLUMN directory NOPRINT NEW_VALUE p_directory

COLUMN filename_peo NOPRINT NEW_VALUE p_filename_peo

COLUMN filename_asg NOPRINT NEW_VALUE p_filename_asg

COLUMN filename_svc NOPRINT NEW_VALUE p_filename_svc

SELECT TO_CHAR(end_date,'YYYYMMDD') end_date
FROM per_time_periods
WHERE time_period_id = &1
;

SELECT '&2' directory
FROM DUAL
;

SELECT '&p_directory' || 'PEOPLE_' || '&p_end_date' || '.csv'
filename_peo
FROM DUAL
;

SELECT '&p_directory' || 'ASSIGNMENT_' || '&p_end_date' || '.csv'
filename_asg
FROM DUAL
;

SELECT '&p_directory' || 'SERVICE_' || '&p_end_date' || '.csv'
filename_svc
FROM DUAL
;

<PL/SQL Code Proceeds ... >


Re: Suppressing Blank Lines [message #414519 is a reply to message #414510] Wed, 22 July 2009 07:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Michel Cadot
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Quote:
The blank lines are not spooled though

So what is the problem?
It is SQL*Plus behaviour.

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Regards
Michel
Re: Suppressing Blank Lines [message #414522 is a reply to message #414510] Wed, 22 July 2009 07:36 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Mauragon
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Registered: February 2007
Location: Philippines
Junior Member
Sorry about my post.

The output is like this :

<blank line>
<blank line>
<blank line>
<blank line>
<blank line>
Control totals :
records read : nnn
records updated : nnn
records rejected : nnn

I want somehow to suppress the blank lines
Anyway if it's Oracle's behavior then there's nothing I can do. Thanks for the reply
Re: Suppressing Blank Lines [message #414528 is a reply to message #414522] Wed, 22 July 2009 07:58 Go to previous message
Michel Cadot
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It's not Oracle behaviour it is SQL*Plus one and as you said it is not the spool file.

Regards
Michel
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