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Chris Saxon

Thanks for the question, Gyan Bahadur.

Asked: March 09, 2017 - 8:07 am UTC

Last updated: March 09, 2017 - 10:40 am UTC

Version: 11.2.0.4

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if the case of exit without commit from sqlplus, the running transaction commit or rollback??

and Chris said...

It depends upon what the exitcommit parameter is set to!

SQL> create table t (x integer);

Table created.

SQL> insert into t values (1);

1 row created.

SQL> sho exitcommit
exitcommit ON
SQL> exit
Disconnected from Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.2.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Advanced Analytics and Real Application Testing options

C:\windows\system32>sqlplus chris/chris@db12c

SQL*Plus: Release 12.1.0.2.0 Production on Thu Mar 9 10:37:47 2017

Copyright (c) 1982, 2014, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

Last Successful login time: Thu Mar 09 2017 10:37:11 +00:00

Connected to:
Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.2.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Advanced Analytics and Real Application Testing options

SP2-0158: unknown SET option "sqlformat"
SQL> select * from t;

         X
----------
         1

SQL> set exitcommit off
SQL> delete t;

1 row deleted.

SQL> exit
Disconnected from Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.2.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Advanced Analytics and Real Application Testing options

C:\windows\system32>sqlplus chris/chris@db12c

SQL*Plus: Release 12.1.0.2.0 Production on Thu Mar 9 10:38:06 2017

Copyright (c) 1982, 2014, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

Last Successful login time: Thu Mar 09 2017 10:37:50 +00:00

Connected to:
Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.2.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Advanced Analytics and Real Application Testing options

SP2-0158: unknown SET option "sqlformat"
SQL> select * from t;

         X
----------
         1


See also Connor's video on this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCgbxGayjXA

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A reader, April 27, 2019 - 11:40 am UTC

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A reader, March 10, 2020 - 1:14 pm UTC


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