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SQL query inside a SQL Script

I have a SQL script, which spools data to a file. Sample Existing SQL script:

whenever sqlerror exit failure rollback 
spool test.txt
set serveroutput on
select * from emp;
spool off
/

But, I would like to write a SQL query in this script before spooling data. I don't want to hardcode the name of the spooling file, so how could I get the file name from a table or lookup?

I want the code to be something like

var filename varchar2(30);
select fname into :filename from table where script = 'abcscript';
spool :filename
set serveroutput on
select * from emp;
spool off
/

Thanks.

Solution 
  • COLUMN spool_file_name NEW_VALUE.spool_file_name NOPRINT 

select fname spool_file_name 
 from table where script = 'abcscript'; 

SPOOL &spool_file_name 

SET ECHO ON 

 select * from emp ;

SPOOL OFF 
COLUMN spool_file_name CLEAR