Sql*plus always returns exit code 0?
You have to explicitly tell sqlplus
to do that, in your script. Basically, there are two statements that you can use:
WHENEVER SQLERROR EXIT SQL.SQLCODE
WHENEVER OSERROR EXIT
For example:
WHENEVER SQLERROR EXIT SQL.SQLCODEbegin SELECT COLUMN_DOES_NOT_EXIST FROM DUAL;END;/
And for OS errors:
WHENEVER OSERROR EXIT FAILURESTART no_such_file
For more information, see this and that.
Hope it helps. Good Luck!
Vlad's is the answer I'd use. To augment his, however, I try to use an explicit EXIT statement if I really need that return status. For example
column status_for_exit new_value exitcode noprintselect status_computation (parm, parm) as status_for_exit from dual;exit &exitcode;
The best action might a combination of the other ideas on this page and the ideas at
Help with SQLPLUS please? How to make SQLPLUS startup with DEFINE `OFF` initially?
Make a login.sql file, or edit the global one to have
WHENEVER OSERROR EXIT FAILUREWHENEVER SQLERROR EXIT SQL.SQLCODE
inside it.Then, if the file doesn't exist, it will error out. If a line fails, it will error out.
However, keep in mind that as the docs say at : https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e16604/ch_twelve052.htm#SQPUG135that certain commands still will not error out as you might expect.