"the amount I've forgotten seems to be a constantly growing value." You and me both. From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark W. Farnham Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 3:04 AM To: Chris.Stephens@xxxxxxx; 'Yong Huang' Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: DBA 101: SQLPATH on windows The kurt franke response earlier in the thread shows setting multiple directories. I don't recall if there is a way to set things to search subdirectories other than as multiple listed search directories as kurt showed. It would be a nice flag to be able to set on a destination; perhaps a trailing / would work semantically but as far as I know this would be an enhancement request. Still, the amount I've forgotten seems to be a constantly growing value. mwf From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stephens, Chris Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 11:17 AM To: Yong Huang Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: RE: DBA 101: SQLPATH on windows Huh. I swear I tested that out on Linux yesterday but it appears you are right. That's the behavior on both Linux and Windows. Most of my scripts on Linux are run through shell scripts and I rely on full path. It was only yesterday I checked Linux for behavior that contradicts the documentation. Chris From: Yong Huang [mailto:yong321@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 9:46 AM To: Stephens, Chris Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: DBA 101: SQLPATH on windows > I have to be explicit about each subdirectory in Windows but not in Linux. The problem on Windows is described in Subdirectories In SQLPATH Are Not Being Searched For SQL Scripts. Get Error: SP2-0310: Unable to Open File "xyz.sql" (Doc ID 1524210.1) I just tested this on Linux. It doesn't seem to work either. Can you show an example on Linux? $ pwd /tmp $ cat yong/test.sql select * from dual; $ export SQLPATH=/tmp $ sqlplus / as sysdba SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.1.0 Production on Fri Nov 8 09:40:07 2013 Copyright (c) 1982, 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. Connected to: Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production With the Partitioning, Real Application Clusters, Automatic Storage Management, OLAP and Data Mining options SQL> @test.sql SP2-0310: unable to open file "test.sql" SQL> @yong/test.sql D - X CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by email reply.