dbms_output, where do they go?

Hi all,

I have successfully written several packages , and I trap all the errors and use dbms_output to write the messages to the terminal. They all work fine when I use sqlplus. Now if I call the package from OCI or pro*C or VB or form4.5 or whatever, how can I get all those messages ? I tried somthing like

char buff[256]="uuu";
exec sql

	begin
		mypackage.function1(bla); -- this function write at least 5k worth of messages
	end;

while ( *buff != NULL){
exec sql

	begin
		dbms_output.getline( :buff);
	end;
end sql;
	puts(buff);

This one did not work, there is nothing in buff no mater how many times I call getline.

any hints?

j.g. Received on Wed Apr 17 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST