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From: "Mark G" <someone@hot>
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Subject: Re: script wont run in sqlplus
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 16:31:51 +0100
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text_io is native to forms and will not run in sqlplus.

You may need utl_file, the server side equivalent.

M

Bob wrote in message <7lnmg6$d79$1@nntp2.atl.mindspring.net>...
>Why wont a plsql script that will run from a button on a forms 4.5 form
>refuse to run from sqlplus?
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>the only odd thing used in the script is text_io.
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>thanks for any replies
>
>bookor@interserv.com
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