Re: Sqlplus "spool" and "dd" worked in 8, but not in 9?

perhaps some screen cut-n-paste might be in order here, since it is hard to imagine syntax.
 Raj
 On 4/25/05, Kline.Michael <Michael.Kline_at_suntrust.com> wrote:
>
> Our group here had a "report" that went over 2gb.
>
> In version 8.1.7.4 <http://8.1.7.4> on HPUX they did a pipe and then did a
> "dd of the
> pipe to the "over 2gb" file name.
>
> We converted the database to 9.2.0.4 <http://9.2.0.4> and now this utility
> goes to never,
> never land. Nothing gets written to the pipe and it appears dd never
> sees anything to make it's output file.
>
> I've not done the "digging" and this is the first I've seen this kind of
> situation, but perhaps with other warehouses out there someone else has
> already "been there, done that, this is what you do?????"
>
> I've requested them to run the thing with no "dd" or pipe. Version 9 may
> support spool files over 2gb.
>
> Anyone else have input on this?
>
> Michael Kline
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