Print text in Oracle SQL Developer SQL Worksheet window

Question

I am using Oracle SQL (in SQLDeveloper, using the SQL Worksheet). I would like to print a statement before my select, such as

PRINT \'Querying Table1\';
SELECT          


        

Answer 1

If you don't want all of your SQL statements to be echoed, but you only want to see the easily identifiable results of your script, do it this way:

set echo on

REM MyFirstTable

set echo off

delete from MyFirstTable;

set echo on

REM MySecondTable

set echo off

delete from MySecondTable;

The output from the above example will look something like this:

-REM MyFirstTable

13 rows deleted.

-REM MySecondTable

27 rows deleted.