SQL*Plus Compatibility

SQL*Plus is used for a variety of things in the Oracle environment. In the early days (version 5 and before), SQL*Plus was also used as an administrative tool. Today, SQL*Plus has taken back the Server Manager role. SQL*Plus has always been a good character-mode reporting tool, a tool used to create SQL-creating-SQL (next topic in this chapter), and so on. It is quite powerful with its formatting and file creation (spool commands) to perform a variety of tasks in the Oracle environment.

TOAD is an excellent tool for creating and maintaining these SQL*Plus scripts. The Script Output tab in the results panel is powerful in that you can see what the script has produced without having to leave TOAD and run the script in a ...

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