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Forms Host Command v Win98/Xp

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igallacher

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Jan 18, 2002
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Problem is using host command under win Xp or Nt
Under win 98 host command is called and system waits until
complete before returning control to next line in PL/SQL.
Under XP/NT,control appears to be returned to next line immediately after host command initiated. Thus,using host command to call say sqlplus to create a .lst file with the .next line in pl/sql wanting to access the .lst file.
Under xp/nt the .lst may not yet have been created or has
been locked out. Works fine under 95/98/me. MY work around is to issue a Pause command after the host command if the operating system is XP/NT. Not a neat solution but appears to work so far. Has anybody has this problem and got/know of a better solution ?

Thanks for you attention
Ian
 
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