Can I use SQLPlus to execute a .sql file?

Question

I have a .sql file with the following code:

delete from stalist
where stalistid=4944
/
insert into stalist
(stalistid, staid)
(select distinct 4944, staid
from staref
Where staid in(
3797,3798,
3870,4459,
3871,3872,
3876,3877,
0
))
/
commit
/

I would like to use Python to execute this file from SQLPlus. Is this possible? I do not have any python experience in this type of work and could use some help. Thank you!

Answer 1

see this tutorial: http://moizmuhammad.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/run-oracle-commands-from-python-via-sql-plus/

i.e.

from subprocess import Popen, PIPE

#function that takes the sqlCommand and connectString and retuns the output and #error string (if any)

def runSqlQuery(sqlCommand, connectString):

session = Popen(['sqlplus', '-S', connectString], stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
session.stdin.write(sqlCommand)
return session.communicate()

should do it (where sqlCmmand is "@scriptname.sql").