APPEND

Purpose

Adds specified text to the end of the current line in the SQL buffer.

Syntax

A[PPEND] text

Terms and Clauses

Refer to the following for a description of the term or clause:

text

Represents the text you wish to append. If you wish to separate text from the preceding characters with a space, enter two spaces between APPEND and text.

To APPEND text that ends with a semicolon, end the command with two semicolons (SQL*Plus interprets a single semicolon as an optional command terminator).

Examples

To append a space and the column name DEPT to the second line of the buffer, make that line the current line by listing the line as follows:

SQL> 2
  2* FROM EMP,

Now enter APPEND:

SQL> APPEND  DEPT
SQL> 2
  2* FROM EMP, DEPT

Notice the double space between APPEND and DEPT. The first space separates APPEND from the characters to be appended; the second space becomes the first appended character.

To append a semicolon to the line, enter

SQL> APPEND ;;

SQL*Plus appends the first semicolon to the line and interprets the second as the terminator for the APPEND command.