Comments on: SQL PLUS Gotcha http://awads.net/wp/2005/08/15/sql-plus-gotcha/ News, views, tips and tricks on Oracle and other fun stuff Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:48:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Eddie Awad http://awads.net/wp/2005/08/15/sql-plus-gotcha/#comment-96 Eddie Awad Tue, 16 Aug 2005 01:33:38 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/?p=113#comment-96 It's these little things that bite you sometimes, and there are a lot of them. It’s these little things that bite you sometimes, and there are a lot of them.

]]> By: Robert Vollman http://awads.net/wp/2005/08/15/sql-plus-gotcha/#comment-95 Robert Vollman Mon, 15 Aug 2005 23:38:09 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/?p=113#comment-95 Yes! SQL\*Plus has so many quirks. If you use default settings, and you are not committing manually, you are getting your own personal, private view - until you exit! Despite the fact that this has caught almost everybody at least once, it's a rather obscure "gotcha" to find on any FAQ or blog. Until now :) In the SQL\*Plus User's Guide, see "Saving Changes to the Database Automatically", and "Exit" in the SQL*Plus Command Reference. Even then, it's easy to miss. For version 9, get the doc [here](http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501\_01/server.920/a90842.pdf). Yes! SQL\*Plus has so many quirks.

If you use default settings, and you are not committing manually, you are getting your own personal, private view - until you exit!

Despite the fact that this has caught almost everybody at least once, it’s a rather obscure “gotcha” to find on any FAQ or blog. Until now :)

In the SQL\*Plus User’s Guide, see “Saving Changes to the Database Automatically”, and “Exit” in the SQL*Plus Command Reference. Even then, it’s easy to miss.

For version 9, get the doc [here](http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501\_01/server.920/a90842.pdf).

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