Create a tablespace using input variables

Here is a script to help set up tablespaces based on the path used for the system tablespace:

SET LINES 200
-- NEW_VALUE in sqlplus specifies a variable to hold a column value
COL tabspace_path FORMAT A50 NEW_VALUE path

SELECT SUBSTR(FILE_NAME, 1, INSTR(FILE_NAME, '/', -1) -1) tabspace_path
FROM DBA_DATA_FILES
WHERE TABLESPACE_NAME = 'SYSTEM';

SELECT '&path' variable_value
FROM DUAL;

CREATE BIGFILE TABLESPACE test_tbspc DATAFILE '&path/&tablespace_name..dbf' SIZE 32M AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 8M MAXSIZE UNLIMITED
EXTENT MANAGEMENT LOCAL AUTOALLOCATE
SEGMENT SPACE MANAGEMENT AUTO;

exit

Run the script:

oracle@myserver:[testdb01]# sqlplus / as sysdba @test.sql

Connected to:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.4.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options


TABSPACE_PATH
--------------------------------------------------
/u02/oradata/testdb01
old   1: SELECT '&path' variable_value
new   1: SELECT '/u02/oradata/testdb01' variable_value

VARIABLE_VALUE
---------------------
/u02/oradata/testdb01

Enter value for tablespace_name: mytablespace
old   1: CREATE BIGFILE TABLESPACE mytablespace DATAFILE '&path/&tablespace_name..dbf' SIZE 32M AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 8M MAXSIZE UNLIMITED
new   1: CREATE BIGFILE TABLESPACE mytablespace DATAFILE '/u02/oradata/testdb01/mytablespace.dbf' SIZE 32M AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 8M MAXSIZE UNLIMITED

Tablespace created.

Disconnected from Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.4.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options