How to make a sqlplus quit when database is not available?

Question

i have a problem with sqlplus on windows batch. I have SQLPLUS 10.2

i'm trying to connect to a database through a windows script.cmd

script.cmd only launches : sqlplus test/Test@mydatabase @script.sql

The problem is when the database is not available, the sqlplus says

ERROR:
ORA-12541: TNS:no listener
Enter user-name : 

and waits for input .. and blocks the .cmd

How can i adapt the script to stop immediately when the database is not avaliable or just to avoid waiting for user prompts ?

Thanks

Answer 1

You can do sqlplus -l test/Test@mydatabase @script.sql; the -l flag means it will only try to connect once, and if it fails for any reason will exit instead of prompting. Look at the output of sqlplus -?, or see the documentation.