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baskar.lMay 25 2010 — edited May 25 2010

hi all,

SQL> select * from log where text_line like '%Starting ORACLE instance (normal)%';

TEXT_LINE
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Starting ORACLE instance (normal)
Starting ORACLE instance (normal)
Starting ORACLE instance (normal)
Starting ORACLE instance (normal)
Starting ORACLE instance (normal)
Starting ORACLE instance (normal)
Starting ORACLE instance (normal)
Starting ORACLE instance (normal)
Starting ORACLE instance (normal)
Starting ORACLE instance (normal)
Starting ORACLE instance (normal)
Starting ORACLE instance (normal)
Starting ORACLE instance (normal)
Starting ORACLE instance (normal)

14 rows selected.

I need to only select the previous line of the above output how can i do that?

thanks,
baskar.l

This post has been answered by Karthick2003 on May 25 2010

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