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Calvin Crumrine <Calvin_Crumrine_at_dced.state.ak.us> wrote in message
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> I'm having trouble exporting data to a text file. I've tried spooling
it from SQL*Plus, but we
> have one table with a Varchar2(2000) field and it keeps wrapping it.
SQL*Plus also keeps
> inserting page breaks, although I'm pretty sure I can get rid of
those. (I think I remember
> seeing a command to set the page length and I'm sure that if I just
keep looking then I'll find
> it again. I assume that it will allow an infinite page length but if
not then that'll be
> another problem.)
>
> I'd like to end up with either fixed length or delimited fields, one
record per line.
>
> I suppose I could write a 'report' program, but that seems like
building a ladder because you
> can't get the door to the stairs open. Any ideas?
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