Miscellaneous

ARCHIVE LOG {LIST|STOP}|{START|NEXT|ALL|integer} [TO destination]

Starts or stops automatic archiving on online redo log files, manually (explicitly) archives specified redo log files, or displays information about redo log files.

DESC[RIBE] [schema.]object[@net_service_name]

Lists the column definitions for the specified table, view or synonym or the specifications for the specified function or procedure.

RECOVER {general | managed} [parallel]

where the general clause has the following syntax:

  [AUTOMATIC][FROM location]
  {[STANDBY] DATABASE [ [UNTIL {CANCEL | CHANGE integer | TIME date}
                        | USING BACKUP CONTROLFILE]...] 
   | STANDBY {DATAFILE datafilename [, DATAFILE datafilename...]
              | TABLESPACE tablespace [, TABLESPACE tablespace ...]}
       UNTIL [CONSISTENT] [WITH] CONTROLFILE
   | TABLESPACE tablespace [, tablespace ...]
   | DATAFILE datafilename [, datafilename ...]
   | LOGFILE filename
   | CONTINUE [DEFAULT]
   | CANCEL}

and where the managed clause has the following syntax:

  MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE {TIMEOUT integer | CANCEL [IMMEDIATE]}

and where the parallel clause has the following syntax:

  PARALLEL [integer] | NOPARALLEL

Performs media recovery on one or more tablespaces, one or more datafiles, or the entire database.

SET system_variable value

Sets a system variable to alter the SQL*Plus environment for your current session, such as setting the display width for NUMBER data or the number of lines per page. Enter a system variable followed by a value as shown below:

APPI[NFO]{ON|OFF|text}
ARRAY[SIZE] {15|n}
AUTO[COMMIT] {ON|OFF|IMM[EDIATE]|n}
AUTOP[RINT] {ON|OFF}
AUTORECOVERY {ON|OFF]
AUTOT[RACE] {ON|OFF|TRACE[ONLY]} [EXP[LAIN]] [STAT[ISTICS]]
BLO[CKTERMINATOR] {.|c}
CMDS[EP] {;|c|ON|OFF}
COLSEP {_|text}
COM[PATIBILITY] {V7|V8|NATIVE}
CON[CAT] {.|c|ON|OFF}
COPYC[OMMIT] {0|n}
COPYTYPECHECK {ON|OFF}
DEF[INE] {'&'|c|ON|OFF}
DESCRIBE [DEPTH {1|n|ALL}][LINENUM {ON|OFF}][INDENT {ON|OFF}]
ECHO {ON|OFF}
EDITF[ILE] file_name[.ext]
EMB[EDDED] {ON|OFF}
ESC[APE] {\|c|ON|OFF}
FEED[BACK] {6|n|ON|OFF}
FLAGGER {OFF|ENTRY|INTERMED[IATE]|FULL}
FLU[SH] {ON|OFF}
HEA[DING] {ON|OFF}
HEADS[EP] {||c|ON|OFF}
INSTANCE [instance_path|LOCAL]
LIN[ESIZE] {80|n}
LOBOF[FSET] {n|1}
LOGSOURCE [pathname]
LONG {80|n}
LONGC[HUNKSIZE] {80|n}
MARK[UP] HTML [ON|OFF] [HEAD text] [BODY text] [ENTMAP {ON|OFF}]

    [SPOOL {ON|OFF}] [PRE[FORMAT] {ON|OFF}]
NEWP[AGE] {1|n|NONE}
NULL text
NUMF[ORMAT] format
NUM[WIDTH] {10|n}
PAGES[IZE] {24|n}
PAU[SE] {ON|OFF|text}
RECSEP {WR[APPED]|EA[CH]|OFF}
RECSEPCHAR {_|c}
SERVEROUT[PUT] {ON|OFF} [SIZE n] [FOR[MAT] {WRA[PPED]|
   WOR[D_WRAPPED]|TRU[NCATED]}]
SHIFT[INOUT] {VIS[IBLE]|INV[ISIBLE]}
SHOW[MODE] {ON|OFF}
SQLBL[ANKLINES] {ON|OFF}
SQLC[ASE] {MIX[ED]|LO[WER]|UP[PER]}
SQLCO[NTINUE] {> |text}
SQLN[UMBER] {ON|OFF}
SQLPRE[FIX] {#|c}
SQLP[ROMPT] {SQL>|text}
SQLT[ERMINATOR] {;|c|ON|OFF}
SUF[FIX] {SQL|text}
TAB {ON|OFF}
TERM[OUT] {ON|OFF}
TI[ME] {ON|OFF}
TIMI[NG] {ON|OFF}
TRIM[OUT] {ON|OFF}
TRIMS[POOL] {ON|OFF}
UND[ERLINE] {-|c|ON|OFF}
VER[IFY] {ON|OFF}
WRA[P] {ON|OFF}

SHO[W] [option]

Lists the value of a SQL*Plus system variable. Enter any system variable set by the SET command in place of system_variable. Use one of the following terms or clauses in place of option:

system_variable
ALL
BTI[TLE]
ERR[ORS] [{FUNCTION|PROCEDURE|PACKAGE|PACKAGE BODY|
  TRIGGER|VIEW|TYPE|TYPE BODY} [schema.]name]
LNO
PARAMETERS [parameter_name]
PNO
REL[EASE]
REPF[OOTER]
REPH[EADER]
SGA
SPOO[L]
SQLCODE
TTI[TLE]
USER