DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE .. newbie question

Hi everybody:

I am having some trouble getting DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE to display output in my SQL PLUS session.

If I create hello.osp:

CREATE or REPLACE PROCEDURE hello AS

BEGIN
   DBMS_OUTPUT.ENABLE (2000);
   DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE ('In procedure hello'); END;
/

and hello.sql:

hello.sql

BEGIN
  DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('calling procedure hello');   hello;
END
/

and compile and execute thusly:

SQL> start hello.osp

Procedure created.

SQL> start hello.sql

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

SQL> I wonder why I don't see the 2 lines of output. Any advice is appreciated...thanks! Received on Mon Jun 09 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT