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  Am 15.09.2010 19:18, schrieb delbydev:
> Hello
> Have hunted all over for this one but it seems no one else has reported the
> issue - maybe because they don't use the feature or there is something awry
> with my installation
>
> I write scripts that dart in and out of databases
>
> I bind my Oracle connection string into a number of variables in my .profile
>
> ORACLE_HOME='c:\\Oracle\\product\\11.2.0\\dbhome_2' export ORACLE_HOME
> mydbconn="${ORACLE_HOME}\\bin\\sqlplus -s mydbuser/mydbpass AT mydbhost" export
> mydbconn
>
> so when I want to dart into the database - I perform the following from the
> terminal command line
> ${mydbconn}
> ...
Not answering your question (others did), but be aware:
It is a very, very bad idea in general to place a password on the 
command line because every user on your machine can see your password. 
Do this on your home machine for testing only.
------
Thomas

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