Oracle Spool Command Parameters Explained
In Oracle, the spool command is used to output the results of an SQL query to a file. It includes parameters such as:
- File name: designates the output file’s name.
- APPEND: Optional parameter, if included, content will be appended to the end of the file. Otherwise, existing content will be overwritten.
- OFF: Disable spooling function, stop writing query results to a file.
- Redirect the spool output to the specified file.
- Output the query result in HTML format.
- SQL: Output the query results in SQL format.
- Replace the original file if it already exists.
- TRUNCATE: Clears the existing content if the file already exists.