Here are two ways you can use SQLcl or SQL*Plus to check your Oracle Database compatibility level.
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How to Remove “X Rows Selected” in SQLcl & SQL*Plus (Oracle)
When using SQLcl or SQL*Plus with Oracle Database, you may have noticed feedback at the bottom of your query results that tells you how many rows were selected. For example, 100 rows selected (or however many rows were returned).
If you want to get rid of this, you can use SET FEEDBACK OFF.
You also have the option of setting a row threshold, which allows you to specify how many rows should be returned before feedback is provided.
Continue readingSET NULL: Specify a String to Return Whenever a Null Value Occurs in SQLcl / SQL*Plus
SQLcl and SQL*Plus are command line interfaces for working with Oracle Database.
By default, they return an empty string whenever null occurs as a result of a SQL SELECT statement.
However, you can use SET NULL to specify a different string to be returned. Here I specified that the string null should be returned.
How to Configure Syntax Highlighting in SQLcl
Starting with SQLcl version 21.2, we can now configure SQLcl for syntax highlighting.
That means that the code you write in SQLcl can be color coded, based on the syntax highlighting rules you apply.
Continue readingHow to Create a login.sql File for SQLcl
When using SQLcl (Oracle’s command line interface), you can create a login.sql file, and have it run each time you run SQLcl.
This allows you to have commands executed each time you run SQLcl. For example, you can specify your formatting preferences in the login.sql file, set up aliases, etc.
Here I show you how to create a login.sql file and how to make it run each time you run SQLcl.
How to Add Vertical Borders to your SQL*Plus / SQLcl Output Grid
When you run a query against an Oracle database using SQLcl or SQL*Plus, the results are displayed according to the SQLFORMAT option. But within that, there are other things you can do to customise the format of the results.
One of the things you can do is specify a column separator for the output grid.
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