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in thread Escaping and quoting ?????

I have updated my original post with the revised code that to use a here document as suggested. But the output seems odd to me? I do not understand why the table names are empty?

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Re^3: Escaping and quoting ?????
by thomas895 (Deacon) on Jul 03, 2014 at 03:56 UTC

    In that case, $hist_plan_prolog_1 does seem to be a variable name. In that case, use NetWallah's second example, but remove the \ before the variable name.

    ~Thomas~ 
    "Excuse me for butting in, but I'm interrupt-driven..."
Re^3: Escaping and quoting ?????
by poj (Abbot) on Jul 03, 2014 at 09:22 UTC
    "The tool requires that the tables be enclosed in double quotes due to the existence of the $ in the name."
    Try
    "\$hist_nps_1" ns, "\$hist_session_prolog_1" sp, "\$hist_plan_prolog_1" pp, "\$hist_plan_epilog_1" pe
    poj