Hi, something like this? undefine s_next_script set echo off set termout off column xyz NOPRINT NEW_VALUE s_next_script select '<scriptname> ' ||<column_parameter> as xyz from table where <clause to make sure only 1 line>; set termout on @@&s_next_script Jack On 05/06/2008, Rick Ricky <ricks12345@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I can do this with a shell or with any other programming language and call > sqlplus. I am trying to do this with just sqlplus scripts. I have code to do > a build where I create tables, users, etc... Some of these can have some > differences between databases (such as tablespaces) and some other things. > > I would prefer not to have to do: > > > prompt please enter tablespace name > accept tablespace > @mytablescripts &tablespace > > > > > I would like to use some form of configuration table. Is there anyway to do > the following. > > > have a configuration table with data in it > query it in a script and put it in a variable. (this is easily done with > pl/sql) > then pass that variable to a new script. > > > I would need to query the data and put it in some form of sqlplus variable > that I can pass to another sqlplus script. > -- J.A. van Zanen