Sql*plus always returns exit code 0?

Question

Whenever I run a sql script using Sql*plus and check for $?, I get 0 even when the script wasn\'t succesful.

Example

#$ sqlplus user/password@instanc         


        

Answer 1

Vlad's is the answer I'd use. To augment his, however, I try to use an explicit EXIT statement if I really need that return status. For example

column status_for_exit new_value exitcode noprint
select status_computation (parm, parm) as status_for_exit from dual;

exit &exitcode;