Name

BREAK

Synopsis

BRE[AK]  [ON column | expression | ROW | REPORT [action [action]]]...

Specifies where and how to change the formatting of a report.

column

Causes the action to take place whenever the value of the specified column changes.

expression

Causes the action to take place whenever the value of the expression changes.

ROW

Causes the action to take place whenever SQL*Plus returns a row.

REPORT

Causes the corresponding COMPUTE command to be executed at the end of the report.

action

Can be one or more of the following:

SKI[P] n

Skips n lines before printing the row where the break occurred.

SKI[P] PAGE

Skips the necessary number of lines to advance to a new page. If SET NEWPAGE is specified, prints a formfeed.

NODUP[LICATES]

Causes blanks to be printed (rather than the value of the break column) when the value is the same as the value in the preceding row.

DUP[LICATES]

Causes the value of the break column to be printed for every row.

BREAK

Lists all current BREAK definitions.

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