I'm trying to execute SQLPlus in python (on Redhat linux). when calling sqlplus, i'm referencing an sql file which spools results to a file, for e.g.:
spool "/tmp/qctemp2.out"; SELECT %s FROM bug WHERE BG_BUG_ID = %s; spool off; exit; I'm noticing that when using: os.system("sqlplus -S -L %s @/tmp/qctemp3.sql" % qc_login) I'm able to execute fine, however, when I use: f = popen4(("sqlplus -S -L %s @/tmp/qctemp3.sql" % qc_login) print f.read() I get problems where occasionally, sqlplus is run, but has problems spooling results to a file, and python hangs on the print f.read() statement. I would prefer not to use os.system() since I want to analyze the results. Can anyone suggest how I should go about executing sqlplus in this case? Thanks for your help, Steve (note: please do not reply to my email address, only reply to this group) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list