RE: Why use Pro*C for spooling result sets to flat files when you can do the same thing in SQL*Plus?

IF all the concatenated columns exceed 4000 characters, then SQL*Plus will 
choke.

We don't use Pro*C; however, it was done in Java instead.

Michael Dinh : XIFIN : 858.436.2929

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From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Bill Myers
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 3:24 PM
To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Why use Pro*C for spooling result sets to flat files when you can do 
the same thing in SQL*Plus?

In my previous post, 
http://www.freelists.org/post/oracle-l/Any-valid-security-concerns-using-Data-Pump-over-conventional-expimp,
 I mentioned that the DBAs at my new job use Pro*C to export data to flat 
files. So I asked one of them in a meeting: "why not use SQL*Plus instead?" 
Response after a long awkward stare: "you tell me". I have searched the forums 
and docs to no avail (besides maybe some speed advantage).

So, is there any real advantage to using Pro*C over SQL*Plus to spool result 
sets to flat files? I certainly don't want to become a Pro*C expert, so any 
ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
Bill
9i OCA/10g OCP DBA

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