Yes and then some... considering the technical level of many who will be attending, do you really want them playing around with regular expressions?? I was referring to ones who might use MSWord, Text editors and Excel spreadsheets to create SQL that could be easily generated inside SQL Plus. When I picture these folks, I would never consider just throwing them into the deep end of the pool with RE's and say, "Swim!" :) Kellyn Pedersen Sr. Database Administrator http://www.linkedin.com/in/kellynpedersen www.dbakevlar.com ________________________________ From: Stephane Faroult <sfaroult@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tue, December 28, 2010 7:07:11 AM Subject: Re: SQLPLUS training, why? But I think that Kellyn's point was that improper use of regular expressions is the source of many clbuttic errors ... Stephane Faroult RoughSea Ltd Konagora RoughSea Channel on Youtube On 12/28/2010 02:24 PM, TESTAJ3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >:1,$ s/old_string/new_string/ <--- REs are your friend :) > >joe > >_______________________________________ >Joe Testa, Oracle Certified Professional >Senior Engineering & Administration Lead >(Work) >614-677-1668begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 614-677-1668 >end_of_the_skype_highlighting > >(Cell) >614-312-6715begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 614-312-6715 >end_of_the_skype_highlighting > > > > > > > >From: "Taylor, Chris David" <ChrisDavid.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: "'kjped1313@xxxxxxxxx'" <kjped1313@xxxxxxxxx>, >"'daniel.fink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <daniel.fink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, 'Oracle L' ><oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Date: 12/28/2010 08:05 AM >Subject: RE: SQLPLUS training, why? >Sent by: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >________________________________ > > >I prefer vim (or gvim if I’m in windows) to screw up my statements… > >;) > >Chris > > >From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On >Behalf Of Kellyn Pedersen >Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 7:05 PM >To: daniel.fink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Oracle L >Subject: Re: SQLPLUS training, why? > >Although I think I've missed 90% of this thread due to how busy I am, Dan's >last >choice is one I think is really valuable to those taking a SQL Plus class and >I'll just take it just one step further- >- Learning how to generate dynamic sql, no matter if it's ddl or dml. > >If I see one more person in MS Word or Wordpad using the replace option and >screwing up statements. It's just painful to watch... :D > > >Kellyn Pedersen >Sr. Database Administrator >http://www.linkedin.com/in/kellynpedersen >www.dbakevlar.com > > > > >________________________________ >From: Daniel W. Fink <daniel.fink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: Oracle L <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Mon, December 27, 2010 2:25:24 PM >Subject: Re: SQLPLUS training, why? > >Diagnose issues with Oracle supplied scripts >Modify/customize Oracle supplied scripts (such as statspack/awr/ash reporting) >Create a basic interactive menu >Generate ddl (with or without dbms_metadata) > > >On 12/27/2010 2:15 PM, Jared Still wrote: >On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Jacques Kilchoer ><Jacques.Kilchoer@xxxxxxxxx> >wrote: > > >I vote yes, but how important is it to a DBA to know the SQL*Plus specific >commands? > > >Only important if you want to format reports so they are readable. > >... or spool to .csv >... or accept input from the operator >... or declare defined/bind variables and use them to set the value of PL/SQL >variables > > >I sure many here can add to that list. > >Jared Still >Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist >Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com >Home Page: http://jaredstill.com > > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 9.0.872 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3342 - Release Date: 12/27/10 >00:34:00 > > > >