In this case awk won't help either since it requires file to do its task.Quote:
Originally posted by pando
I want to avoid create files that is where the problem arises :D
I dont want to spool, I want to pass directly to $? :)
I have a method which works for PL/SQL but not for pure SQL :(
geeh...
You need a good shell script adv programmer that can manipulate
the underlying source code that controls metacharacters such as this $?.