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["Ghassan Salem" <salem.ghassan@xxxxxxxxx>]

No, not odd at all, sql*plus tests for dbms_output after a pl/sql call, not
after ordinary sql,
try something like
begin null; end;

after your submit your sql

rgds

On 1/3/07, David Moss <David.Moss@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just a quick question, hope someone can illuminate me... I'm trying to
> debug a function using dbms_output but I can't gt anything I ask it to print
> displayed (not immediately anyway)... sample session:
>
> SQL> set serveroutput on;
> SQL> show serveroutput;
> serveroutput ON size 2000 format WORD_WRAPPED
> SQL> create or replace function test return number is begin
> DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('Hello, world!'); return 0; end;
>   2  /
>
> Function created.
>
> SQL> select test() from dual;
>
>     TEST()
> ----------
>          0
>
> SQL>
>
> Am i missing something really obvious or is this some sort of bug? I also
> realized that if then i do:
>
> SQL> create or replace procedure test2 is begin
> DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('Hello again!'); end;
>   2  /
>
> Procedure created.
>
> SQL> select test() from dual;
>
>     TEST()
> ----------
>          0
>
> SQL> call test2();
> Hello, world!
> Hello, world!
> Hello again!
>
> Call completed.
>
> SQL>
>
> odd... anyone?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David.
>
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