You can go up to 32k with a single plsql varchar2 variable. For more than that, you can use dbms_sql and the varchar2s variant. hth connor --- Juan Carlos Reyes Pacheco <jreyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi list I'm investigating this > I'm having problems executin long ddls like this for example > > I need to rund ddls dinamically of packages with more than 20,000 characters > > any idea. (they packages are only one copmlex process and I can't divide in > smaller packages) > > ===== Connor McDonald Co-author: "Mastering Oracle PL/SQL - Practical Solutions" ISBN: 1590592174 web: http://www.oracledba.co.uk web: http://www.oaktable.net email: connor_mcdonald@xxxxxxxxx Coming Soon! "Oracle Insight - Tales of the OakTable" "GIVE a man a fish and he will eat for a day. But TEACH him how to fish, and...he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day" ------------------------------------------------------------ ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------