Hi guys, How can i do following in windows sqlplus / as sysdba << a select sysdate from dual; select sysdate from dual; a I know how to do it in just one command echo select sysdate from dual; | sqlplus /as sysdba The challange is I don't want to create any dummy file, just one plain bat file echo bla > dumb.dumb echo blas >> dumb.dumb type dumb.dumb | sqlplus / as sysdba del dumb.dumb I try to just have one bat file. Thank -- regards, Sinardy