How about just defining a function called setenv, like so
setenv() {
echo setting $1 to $2
export $1=$2
}
and then sourcing the .cshrc file.
When I do this in bash, I get
[dws@oxygen ual-read-only]$ source cshrc
setting ORACLE_SID to TEST
setting ORACLE_HOME to /oracle/TEST/home/products/10204
setting EPC_DISABLED to TRUE
setting MANPATH to /usr/local/man:/usr/share/man
setting EDITOR to vi
setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH to /oracle/TEST/home/products/10204/lib:/usr/sfw/lib/64
setting NLS_LANG to AMERICAN_AMERICA.UTF8
setting NLS_DATE_FORMAT to DD-MON-RR
[dws@oxygen ual-read-only]$ env | grep ORACLE
ORACLE_SID=TEST
ORACLE_HOME=/oracle/TEST/home/products/10204