Of course, Debian has a solution:
apt-get install rlwrap
rlwrap sqlplus
You may also find it useful if, for some reason, you need to use the dash shell interactively.
2008-03-30
Command history in Oracle sqlplus: adding readline support at runtime
Readline-style editing (arrow keys, word deletion, command history, etc.) is a feature that most users expect out of a command-line application on Linux. And one that is painfully missing from Oracle sqlplus (the equivalent to psql).
Of course, Debian has a solution:
You may also find it useful if, for some reason, you need to use the dash shell interactively.
Of course, Debian has a solution:
You may also find it useful if, for some reason, you need to use the dash shell interactively.
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Interesting. There is also gqlplus, which has that, and some tab-completion for table/column names.
I use sql++ which helps with a lot of things too.
Thanks. Super stuff. Works on Ubuntu Hardy nicely. Now all I have to do is get the formatting done sweet.
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