Hi everybody, I searched the web a long time before posting here. I searched also for some solutions on PerlMonk but they do not work for me. Here is my problem : On Windows 2000 SP4 server with perl ( without the DBD::Oracle module), I would like to use sqlplus but my sql list inside "<<EOF" and "EOF" returns an error. "<< was unexpected" ( "<< était inattendu" in french ) Here is my code : 
$retour_nodbd = qx { sqlplus -s system/password\@MYBASE <<EOF
select sysdate from dual;
exit;
EOF };

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The following command works : 
$retour_nodbd=`tnsping MYBASE`;

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It works also for : 
$retour_nodbd=`sqlplus system\/password\@MYBASE \@my_sql`;

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The problem seems to come from the "<<" characters. How can I solve it ? Thanks Jean-michel, Nemours, FRANCE

In reply to EOF problem with sqlplus on Windows by theophanie77

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