Re: PL/SQL -- a mute?

"Jonathan Lent" <jlent3_at_jcpenney.com> wrote:

>Somebody please confirm this: PL/SQL has no way of getting output to the
>standard output device without using some other application to print the
>output. Having used Sybase's Transact SQL (although I don't particularly
>like Sybase), I'm a little floored that there aren't any basic output
>commands in PL/SQL. I know I could write a SQL*Plus script, but it seems a
>little kludgy. Any comments or advice?
 

>--
>Respectfully,
 

>Jonathan Lent
>[ All statements are mine alone ]

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dbms_output.put_line('anything'); Received on Sun Aug 11 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST