The output produced by SQL*Plus or TOAD with the default value of the LINESIZE system variable is quite nasty. Similar to the following:
SQL> select * from users;
ID
----------
NAME
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SURNAME
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LOGIN
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PASSWORD
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
REGISTRATION_TIME
-----------------------------
1
ivan
ivanov
vanya
123
26.06.08 21:16:12,000000
2
petr
petrov
petya
ID
----------
NAME
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SURNAME
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LOGIN
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PASSWORD
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
REGISTRATION_TIME
-----------------------------
qwerty
26.06.08 21:16:12,000000
3
sidor
sidorov
sid
password
26.06.08 21:16:12,000000
3 rows selected.
SQL> spool off;
Sometimes we need to deal with such data when we have no direct access to the database, for example when the output is sent to you by customer.
The fix-ora-output utility converts such an output to a pretty thing like this:
ID NAME SURNAME LOGIN PASSWORD REGISTRATION_TIME
---------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------
1 ivan ivanov vanya 123 26.06.08 21:16:12,000000
2 petr petrov petya qwerty 26.06.08 21:16:12,000000
3 sidor sidorov sid password 26.06.08 21:16:12,000000
Usage instructions are at the top of the fix-ora-output.lisp.