simple sqlplus script doesn't seem to work

Question

When I type in:

C:\>sqlplus user/pass@OMP1 @CheckRowCount.sql

it connects but I don't see any results, in the .sql file I have this:

SELECT COUNT(*) as "rowcount" FROM dmsn.ds3r_1xrtt_voice_trigger;

I've also tried this

C:\>sqlplus user/pass@OMP1 SELECT COUNT(*) as "rowcount" FROM dmsn.ds3r_1xrtt_voice_trigger;

but all I get is the sql*plus commands to use in the CMD window

Answer 1

You don't get anything in this way, if you want result from a script you must add a spool command to you script.

spo result.txt;

SELECT COUNT(*) as "rowcount" FROM dmsn.ds3r_1xrtt_voice_trigger;

spo off;

Then execute C:\\>sqlplus user/pass@OMP1 @CheckRowCount.sql and open result.txt to see result.

Anyway for single script like this above just put it in sql> prompt and see what happens.