Displaying Settings with the SHOW Command

The SHOW command displays the session's current settings, from formatting commands to who you are. SHOW ALL displays all settings. This discussion covers some of the most common settings.

SQL> show all

appinfo is ON and set to "SQL*Plus"
arraysize 15
autocommit OFF
autoprint OFF
autotrace OFF
blockterminator "." (hex 2e)
btitle OFF and is the 1st few characters of the next SELECT statement
closecursor OFF
colsep " "
cmdsep OFF
compatibility version NATIVE
concat "." (hex 2e)
copycommit 0
copytypecheck is ON
crt ""
define "&" (hex 26)
echo OFF
editfile "afiedt.buf"
embedded OFF
escape OFF
feedback ON for 6 or more rows
flagger OFF
flush ON
heading ON
headsep "|" (hex 7c) linesize 100 lno 6 long 80 longchunksize ...

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