set echo on will do the trick Stefan ========================= Stefan P Knecht CEO & Founder s@xxxxxxxx 10046 Consulting GmbH Schwarzackerstrasse 29 CH-8304 Wallisellen Switzerland Phone +41-(0)8400-10046 Cell +41 (0) 79 571 36 27 info@xxxxxxxx http://www.10046.ch ========================= On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 11:58 PM, Li Li <litanli@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, List, > > I am wondering if there's a setting in SQL/PLUS that enables giving > back what the command is just executed, for example, if I do: > > desc AAA; > > instead of just returning back the description of table AAA, it also > returns back "desc AAA" as to tell you what was just executed. > > > TIA, > > -Li > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > >