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Connor McDonald

Thanks for the question, Hatim Ali.

Asked: May 22, 2017 - 6:09 am UTC

Last updated: May 22, 2017 - 8:38 am UTC

Version: Oracle 11g

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I have a requirement where i need to spool reach record into a different file

Eg.

Select * from Test_Table

Output :-

ABC
XYZ
QWE
ASD
....

and so on

So need to generate individual files which will have the output saved
File1 : ABC
File2 : XYZ

How do i generate these different files.....

and Connor said...

If you're prepared to do a second pass through table, you can do:

<code>
spool unload.sql

select
'spool '||col1||chr(10)||
'select * from test_table where col1 = '''||col1||''''||chr(10)||
'spool off'
from test_table;

spool off
@unload.sql
<code>


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