Escaping a Greater Than Character 1

[tekdudedude]

Hello,

In a batch file I am trying to escape a greater than character. Usually I use a ^ character but it does not seem to like this.

I also played with escaping the equal sign too.

Here is my troubled snippet:

set MYVAR=cascade=^>true

What can you recommend?

Thanks,

TD

 

[chipk]

Could this be your problem?

from "set /?":

<snip>
If you use any of the logical or modulus operators, you will need to
enclose the expression string in quotes.
<snip>

= is a logical/modulus operator.

So, something like:

set MYVAR="cascade=^>true

 

[tekdudedude]

chipk,

Thanks for your post. This makes sense. I have been pounding my brain working with this.

What I am trying to do is call an Oracle sqlplus package call from within a batch file sending the package call a variable.

Oracle package calls use the syntax: parameter=>value

I am starting to think it cannot be done (in Windows batch files).

Any other suggestions guys?

Thanks again,

TD

 

[chipk]

So, did you try enclosing the expression in quotes?

 

[tekdudedude]

Chip,

Yes I have tried surrounding it with double quotes. It keeps the syntax intact but unusable (as it is in double quotes).

@echo off
set SQL_SCRIPT=myscript.sql
echo "exec dbms_stats.gather_database_stats(cascade=> true);" > %SQL_SCRIPT%

Contents of script file:

"exec dbms_stats.gather_database_stats(cascade=> true);"

Any recommendations?

Thanks again,

TD

 

[xwb]

set SQL_SCRIPT=myscript.sql
echo exec dbms_stats.gather_database_stats(cascade=^> true); > %SQL_SCRIPT%

 

[tekdudedude]

xwb,

Thanks for posting - that did the trick.


TD