How to output oracle sql result into a file in windows?

Question

I tried

select * from users  save D:\test.sql create; 

But SQL plus gives me "no proper ended" How to specify path in oracle sql in windows?

Answer 1

Use the spool:

spool myoutputfile.txt select * from users; spool off; 

Note that this will create myoutputfile.txt in the directory from which you ran SQL*Plus.

If you need to run this from a SQL file (e.g., "tmp.sql") when SQLPlus starts up and output to a file named "output.txt":

tmp.sql:

select * from users; 

Command:

sqlplus -s username/password@sid @tmp.sql > output.txt 

Mind you, I don't have an Oracle instance in front of me right now, so you might need to do some of your own work to debug what I've written from memory.

Answer 2

Very similar to Marc, only difference I would make would be to spool to a parameter like so:

WHENEVER SQLERROR EXIT 1 SET LINES 32000 SET TERMOUT OFF ECHO OFF NEWP 0 SPA 0 PAGES 0 FEED OFF HEAD OFF TRIMS ON TAB OFF SET SERVEROUTPUT ON  spool &1  -- Code  spool off exit 

And then to call the SQLPLUS as

sqlplus -s username/password@sid @tmp.sql /tmp/output.txt