Name
CHANGE
Synopsis
C[HANGE] /old_text[/[new_text[/]]
CHANGE is an editing command that allows you to do a search and replace on the current line in the SQL buffer. The CHANGE command is also used to delete text. For example:
SQL> l 1* select dummy,smarty from duap SQL> c /duap/dual/ 1* select dummy,smarty from dual SQL> c /,smarty/ 1* select dummy from dual
Parameters
- old_text
Is the text you want to change or delete.
- new_text
Is the replacement text.
- /
Commonly used to delimit the old and new text strings, but any other character may be used as long as it is not a number or letter—and as long as it is used consistently throughout the command.
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