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SQL*Plus + readline library + pager

551707Dec 20 2006 — edited Dec 20 2006
Hi,

I am relatively new to Oracle and therefore I would like to know why SQL*Plus command line utility is so spartan and user unfriendly.

I am talking about SQL*Plus 10.2.0.1 included in Oracle 10g R2 for Linux x86. On many UNIXes platforms there are readline library and pager utility for output piping. Typical example of user-friendly command line utility is MySQL client. So, my question is:

why is SQL*Plus binary different (not linked against readline library and doesn't provide a call to pager for output piping)?

Thanks

Albert

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