Re: SET SERVEROUTPUT ON doesn't work

It appears that the DBMS_OUTPUT package was not loaded. The DBA has to load this package --- it is part of "catproc.sql", I believe.

Carl Tichler
catech_at_cloud9.net

>I'm new to Oracle and PL/SQL, and was writing a simple procedure, when I
>decided that I'd like to see some debugging type info. I tried the
>DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE and that didn't compile, so I tried DBMS_OUTPUT.ENABLE,
>and that didn't work either. I then tried SET SERVEROUTPUT ON, and that gave
>the following message:
 

>SQL> set serveroutput on;
>ERROR:
>ORA-06550: line 1, column 19:
>PLS-00201: identifier 'DBMS_OUTPUT.ENABLE' must be declared
>ORA-06550: line 1, column 7:
>PL/SQL: Statement ignored
 

>So, what gives? This is supposed to be a "standard" Oracle function/package,
Received on Wed Aug 28 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST