DBMS_OUTPUT.ENABLE not working on Oracle 7.1.6.2.0

DBMS_OUTPUT.ENABLE doesn't seem to do anything at all. Is this a bug or is there some trick to it I'm missing? Is there a workaround? We need to be able to use it inside of a packaged procedure which will be called from a program interface.

We're running Oracle7 Server Release 7.1.6.2.0 - Production Release With the distributed, replication and parallel query options and PL/SQL Release 2.1.6.2.0 - Production.

Here's some sample output from the simplest case scenario attempt:

SQL> begin
  2 DBMS_OUTPUT.ENABLE;
  3 end;
  4 /

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

SQL> sho serverout
serveroutput OFF
SQL> exec DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('hello world');

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

SQL> (no text is output)

Thanks for any help!

Robert Kohlhase, rkohlhas_at_well.com Received on Thu Feb 01 1996 - 00:00:00 CET