Re: piece-wise fetching.....

In article <4YjM7.91564$636.13071492_at_news02.optonline.net>, "jane" says...
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>ERROR: piece-wise fetching
>Is there a way whatsoever to fix this infamous error in SQL*Plus ?
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>Searched:
>Oracle.com
>asktom.oracle.com
>comp.database.oracle.* archives
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>Found:
>whole lot of asking...
>no answers.....
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>thanks
>jane
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>

sigh, no versions......

what version of sqlplus, what is the setting of "set long" in your login.sql/glogin.sql -- or do you let it default.

There was an issue in some early 8.0 releases with regards to this on NT. Try setting

SQL> set long <big number, say 50000>

and retry.

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