from PL/SQL it should be doable. I don't have a test DB here but something like declare a number; b number; begin select * into a from v$recovery_file_dest; select * into b from v$flash_recovery_area_usage; /* some way to print the report (utl_file or dbms_output??) */ file_a_rsrc := utl_file.fopen(....) file_b_rsrc := utl_file.fopen(....) ult_file.put_line (file_a_rsrc,a,true); ult_file.put_line (file_b_rsrc,b,true); end; you can manage column formatting with tochar perhaps... Though, I'd personally do it with html (generate a simple html that might be easier to read/parse) or if you are really cool and want to use XML Database (XDB) is another option. if you want it to show lines on screen instead of into a file, change utl_file for dbms_output. I will read a little about column formatting in files and let you know what I discover. disclaimer: I did not try this and it might produce garbage (probably will). This is off-my-head code and needs to be revised. I will try to do it tonight as it's a rather slow night. hth Alan Bort Oracle Certified Professional On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Martin Berger <martin.a.berger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > If you are running 11.1.0.7 you can check the preprocessor-feature of > external tables. > It might give you everything needed: > first write down your stored script into a file using a DIRECTORY, > execute sqlplus as preprocessor with the proper parameters (login!) and the > script, > parse the created file as external table. > Never tested, just thought about it. > might it help, > Martin > > Am 03.04.2009 um 20:41 schrieb Jared Still: > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Terrian, Thomas J Mr CTR DLA J6DIB > <Tom.Terrian.ctr@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> ILogically, it seems that I should be able to store the 5 line script "as >> is" into the database and run it. > > Well, maybe someone can enlighten us with a simple > way to do this - I can't seem to think of one myself. > > It might be possible to pipe this to sqlplus out of dbms_scheduler. > > You may want to check that out, I haven't looked closely > at it myself. > > Jared Still > Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist > > > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l