Enclose all the .sql calls with double quotes, it works. Example:Test3.sql spool test3.log @@"c:\sqls test\ab_users.sql" @@"c:\sqls test\ac_users.sql" spool off Thanks, Srini Karla Sr. Database Administrator, Harcourt Assessments, Inc., San Antonio, TX 78259 210-339-5252 work 210-683-3936 cell --------------------------------------------------- Our Sharepoint: http://hassatappp022/sites/epa/ea/default.aspx --------------------------------------------------- ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cary Millsap Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 11:04 AM To: sbootsma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: sqlplus and spaces in path Use the DOS "8.3" filename format. You can see what I mean with a "dir/x" command from DOS. Instead of "C:\Documents and Settings\whatever", you'd use "c:\docume~1\whatever". Cary Millsap Hotsos Enterprises, Ltd. http://www.hotsos.com Nullius in verba Hotsos Symposium 2008 / March 2-6 / Dallas Visit www.hotsos.com for curriculum and schedule details... ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sam Bootsma Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 9:34 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: sqlplus and spaces in path Hello All, I am on Oracle database 10.2.0.3. My sqlplus version is 10.1.0.5.0. I have a sql script in a directory with embedded spaces (for example, directory C:\Documents and Settings\Staff\My Documents\_a). This sql script includes a couple of calls to other sql scripts using @@. For example: .... @@sqlfile2 .... I can call my main sql script by enclosing the path and file name in single or double quotes. But when this sql script calls another script using @@ (eg. @@sqlfile2), sql plus returns an error like: "SP2-0310: unable to open file "C:\Documents.sql" Is there any solution to this problem? Is it possible to load into sqlplus a script from a directory which has spaces in its name, and this file to call other files from the same directory with @@)? Thanks for any suggestions! Sam Bootsma Oracle Database Administrator Information Technology Services George Brown College Phone: 416-415-5000 x4933 Fax: 416-415-4836 E-mail: sbootsma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:sbootsma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>