Re: SQLPLUS serveroutput buffer overflow

Peter Laursen wrote:

> SYSTEM 8.05 and up, WinNT 4 and W2k.
>
> I made a sqlplus script that selects som data and spools them to a
> commaseparated file. The file exceeds the maximum size of the serveroutput
> var of 1000000 so the script terminates with ORU-10027 buffer overflow
> limit of 1000000
> How can sove this? Can I empty the buffer during the run?
> If I set serveroutput off nothing is spooled out and I cannnot use PROMPT
> in the pl/sql block
>
> the script takes a few parameters and then goes like:
>
> set serveroutput on size 1000000
> spool &1
> begin
> for i in (select blah) loop
> dbms_output.put_line(i.master, i.blah)
> for j in (select blah)
> dbms_output.put_line(j.detail lines);
> end loop;
> end loop;
> end;
> /
>
>
> TIA
> Peter Laursen

Why don't you create a master script and pass a value to delimit where you stop. That way, you would not fill the buffer though there will some extra work though minimal.

call repeatedly
for i ..from (&&2) to some value (&&3) loop bla bla... Received on Fri Aug 09 2002 - 22:47:15 CDT