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Old 01-20-10, 17:57
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Question Sql output

Can anyone help? I am trying to format the output of my sql script so that it can be a delimiter separated output which can be opened with Excel.
I have done select a.book||';'||a.recvd
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Old 01-20-10, 18:15
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And your problem is?
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Old 01-20-10, 18:18
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SQL> set colsep ','
SQL> set pages 66     
SQL> select * from emp;

     EMPNO,ENAME     ,JOB      ,       MGR,HIREDATE ,	    SAL,      COMM,    DEPTNO
----------,----------,---------,----------,---------,----------,----------,----------
      7369,SMITH     ,CLERK    ,      7902,17-DEC-80,	    800,	  ,	   20
      7499,ALLEN     ,SALESMAN ,      7698,20-FEB-81,	   1600,       300,	   30
      7521,WARD      ,SALESMAN ,      7698,22-FEB-81,	   1250,       500,	   30
      7566,JONES     ,MANAGER  ,      7839,02-APR-81,	   2975,	  ,	   20
      7654,MARTIN    ,SALESMAN ,      7698,28-SEP-81,	   1250,      1400,	   30
      7698,BLAKE     ,MANAGER  ,      7839,01-MAY-81,	   2850,	  ,	   30
      7782,CLARK     ,MANAGER  ,      7839,09-JUN-81,	   2450,	  ,	   10
      7788,SCOTT     ,ANALYST  ,      7566,19-APR-87,	   3000,	  ,	   20
      7839,KING      ,PRESIDENT,	  ,17-NOV-81,	   5000,	  ,	   10
      7844,TURNER    ,SALESMAN ,      7698,08-SEP-81,	   1500,	 0,	   30
      7876,ADAMS     ,CLERK    ,      7788,23-MAY-87,	   1100,	  ,	   20
      7900,JAMES     ,CLERK    ,      7698,03-DEC-81,	    950,	  ,	   30
      7902,FORD      ,ANALYST  ,      7566,03-DEC-81,	   3000,	  ,	   20
      7934,MILLER    ,CLERK    ,      7782,23-JAN-82,	   1300,	  ,	   10
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Old 01-21-10, 11:30
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Try XML

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Can anyone help? I am trying to format the output of my sql script so that it can be a delimiter separated output which can be opened with Excel.
I have done select a.book||';'||a.recvd
You can try generating an xml file which can be loaded into Excel, check the SET MARKUP command in the fine SQL*PlusŪ User's Guide and Reference.
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Old 01-21-10, 15:41
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using PL/SQL Developer you can export the results in the format that you want
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Old 02-03-10, 07:32
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Thank you all so so much, problem sorted
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