The SQLPLUS command is used from the operating system prompt to start SQL*Plus, and is discussed in Chapter 2.
SQLPLUS [[-SILENT] [username
[/password
][@connect
]|/|/NOLOG] [@scriptfile
[arg1
arg2
arg3
...]]]|-|-?
where:
Is the command to use when invoking SQL*Plus. On a Unix system this will be lowercase sqlplus. From Windows or MS-DOS, you may need to use PLUS80 or PLUS80W. Beginning with release 8.1, the command under Windows, or from a DOS prompt, will always be SQLPLUS.
Tells SQL*Plus to run in silent mode. No startup messages, such as the copyright message, will be displayed. No command prompt will be displayed, and no commands will be echoed to the screen. This is useful if you are invoking SQL*Plus from within some other program, and you want to do it transparently. Normally you would use this option in conjunction with invoking a script file.
Is your database username.
Is your database password.
Is the connect string, or host string, telling SQL*Plus the database to which you want to connect.
Use a forward slash instead of your username, password, and connect string when you want to connect to a local database using operating-system authentication.
Tells SQL*Plus not to connect you to any database at all. You will get a SQL> prompt, but you must issue a CONNECT command before you can do much else.
Is the name of a SQL*Plus script file you want to run. SQL*Plus will start up, execute the file, then exit.
Are optional command-line arguments to pass to your script. You can have as many as your script requires. Arguments are separated from each other by at least one space.
Causes SQL*Plus to display a short summary of the SQLPLUS syntax.
Causes SQL*Plus to display version and copyright information.