How do I get to sqlplus from command prompt?

How do I get to sqlplus from command prompt?

Do the following steps to start SQL*Plus and connect to the default database:

1. Open a Windows command prompt.
2. At the command-line prompt, enter the SQL*Plus command in the form: c:\> sqlplus.
3. When prompted, enter your Oracle9i username and password.
4. SQL*Plus starts and connects to the default database.

How do I know if sqlplus is installed?

In Windows. Check the Inst_loc entry value which will be the software installed location. You can use command prompt or you can navigate/explore to the oracle home location and then cd to bin directory to lauch sqlplus which will give you the client version information.

How do I enable SQL Plus?

Starting SQL*Plus Windows GUI

1. Click Start > Programs > Oracle-OraHomeName > Application Development > SQL Plus.
2. Alternatively, open a Windows terminal and enter the SQL*Plus command: sqlplusw.
3. The SQL*Plus Windows GUI opens and the Log On dialog is displayed.
4. Click OK.

How do I know if sqlplus is installed on Linux?

As the user running the Oracle Database one can also try $ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/opatch lsinventory which shows the exact version and patches installed. As A.B. Cada pointed out, you can query the database itself with sqlplus for the db version.

How do I install Sqlplus on Windows 10?

How to Install and Configure SQL*Plus Instant Client on Windows

1. Download the installers from OTN: Basic OCI + SQL*Plus.
2. Extract the downloads.
3. Edit the PATH variable to include the SQL*Plus Instant Client directory.
4. Connect to a Database with SQL*Plus Instant Client via Oracle Net connection identifier.

How do I run Sqlplus on Mac?

1 Answer

1. Download Basic Package and SQL*Plus Package zip files from Oracle.
2. Add a local repository to brew from where the Oracle packages will be installed: brew tap InstantClientTap/instantclient.
3. Copy both Oracle’s zip files to /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/instantclienttap/homebrew-instantclient.

How do I install SQL Plus?

Connecting with SQL*Plus 18c

1. Download and Install SQL*Plus 18c. Obtain SQL*Plus 18c Instant Client by downloading the ‘sqlplus’ and ‘basic’ packages for the desired architecture:
2. Enable Oracle Network Connectivity and Download the Client Wallet.
3. Run SQL*Plus.

How install Sqlplus on Linux?

Configuring SQL*Plus Instant Client on Linux (from RPMs)

1. Add the name of the directory containing the Instant Client libraries to LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
2. Make sure the sqlplus executable installed from the RPM is the first found in your PATH.
3. Set SQLPATH to the directory containing glogin.sql.

How do I download and install Sqlplus?

1. Download and Install SQL*Plus 18c

1. Unzip the ‘sqlplus’ and ‘basic’ (or ‘basiclite’) packages into the same directory, for example to C:\instantclient_18_5 or /home/myuser/instantclient_18_5.
2. On Windows, add C:\instantclient_18_5 to the PATH variable in the “System variables” section of the Environment Variables pane.