glogin.sql
Whenever SQL*PLUS starts up, it looks for a file named
glogin.sql under the directory $ORACLE_HOME/sqlplus/admin. If such a file is found, it is read and the containing statements executed. This allows to store settings (such as
linesize) accross SQL*PLUS sessions.
New in
Oracle 10g: Oracle also reads glogin.sql and login.sql at a
connect in sql*plus.
login.sql
Additionally, after reading glogin.sql, sql*plus also looks for a file named
login.sql in the directory from where SQL*PLUS was and in the directory that the environment variable
SQLPATHpoints to and reads it and executes it. Settings from the login.sql take precedence over settings from glogin.sql
If the
restriction level is set to 3, the login.sql is not read.
A common login.sql file
10g
Since Oracle 10g, the login.sql is executed after a
connect
This allows to have a prompt that displays the username. For that, the following line must be in the
login.sql:
set sqlprompt "&_user> "