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How to find the version of DirectX

Start the dxdiag tool.

Windows XP:
Start -> Run -> dxdiag

Windows Vista:
Start -> Search -> dxdiag

…and if You could not find dxdiag, probably You do not have DirectX on Your machine.
Are You still using old kind [...]

Here is the example of emulating “HERE-documents” in Windows shell.

@ECHO OFF

FIND "/*%none% some_label" <%0 |sqlplus USER/PASS@SERVER

GOTO end

: ———– embedded SQL————————-

/* some_label */ select count(*) from dba_free_space;
/* some_label */ select tablespace_name from dba_tablespaces;

: ———– end of embedded SQL————————-

:end

It’s also possible to use procedures in .bat files.
%none% is replaced by empty [...]