Executing sql statement and storing value in variable

Question

I have a shell script which is trying to execute a simple sql statement and intend to store the result in single variable. But i am unable to do it.I am using Cygwin and intende

Answer 1

You are missing a $.

Try:

var=$(sqlplus cimnewuser/cimnewuser@cimnew
select ID from catalog where tablename='MCT_35618';
exit)

Alternatively, you can use backticks:

var=`sqlplus ...`