SQL? :multiple operations in one SQL query to oracle

When I type something like:

select * from table1; select * from table2

from VB or in the Oracle ODBC test program, I get an invalid character error (I'm assuming on the ';'). How else could I send two selects in one SQL statement?

thanks,
James Mercer Received on Fri Jul 04 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT