Attached is same prom Tom Kyte but no need to store in database SQL> @print "select empno,ename from emp" .EMPNO : 7369 .ENAME : SMITH ----------------- .EMPNO : 7499 .ENAME : ALLEN ----------------- .EMPNO : 7521 .ENAME : WARD ----------------- .EMPNO : 7566 .ENAME : JONES ----------------- .EMPNO : 7654 .ENAME : MARTIN ----------------- .EMPNO : 7698 .ENAME : BLAKE ----------------- .EMPNO : 7782 .ENAME : CLARK ----------------- .EMPNO : 7788 .ENAME : SCOTT ----------------- .EMPNO : 7844 .ENAME : TURNER ----------------- .EMPNO : 7876 .ENAME : ADAMS ----------------- .EMPNO : 7900 .ENAME : JAMES ----------------- .EMPNO : 7902 .ENAME : FORD ----------------- .EMPNO : 7934 .ENAME : MILLER ----------------- On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Bobak, Mark <Mark.Bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > A more flexible solution would be Tom Kyte's print_table procedure. > > See here: > > http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=100:11:0::::P11_QUESTION_ID:1035431863958 > > -Mark > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Maureen English > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 2:15 PM > To: orasnita@xxxxxxxxx > Cc: oracle-l > Subject: Re: Vertical align columns in sql*plus > > Octavian, > > I knew I saw something like this before, so I asked one of > my coworkers who writes a lot of reporting queries. > > You can try using newline... > > For example, run this query: > > set lines 80 > set pages 2000 > set echo off > set verify off > set feedback off > set head off > > column who newline > column dbase newline > column dspace newline > column tspace newline > column prof newline > > select 'USERNAME: '||username who, > 'DATABASE: '||name dbase, > 'DEFAULT TABLESPACE: '||default_tablespace dspace, > 'TEMPORARY TABLESPACE: '||temporary_tablespace tspace, > 'PROFILE: '||profile prof > from v$database, dba_users > ; > > - Maureen > > Octavian Rasnita wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Is it possible to align vertically the columns displayed in sql*plus > > like under SQLite by using .mode line or in MySQL by ending the query > > with \G? > > > > ...something like: > > > > <row1> > > column1: 1.23 > > column2: "the value" > > column3: 0 > > <row2> > > column1: 2.55 > > column2: "another val" > > column3: 1 > > > > Thank you. > > > > -- > > Octavian > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > > signature database 5280 (20100715) __________ > > > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > > > http://www.eset.com > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- Thanks & Regards, Taral Desai