In fact, SQL*Plus is often preferred to the tools with fancier user interfaces for quick and dirty manipulation, for running SQL scripts, for being run as part of shell scripts, and for other non ...

Every time we publish a Linux hack that uses a shell script, someone will chime in about how awful it is to program shell scripts. While we like the ubiquity and efficiency, we can’t disagree… ...

When creating automation scripts to discover, add, update or remove records from a remote SQL database, you need to make sure your script can successfully connect to the database.