Hi Gurus, I have the following code, when I run this code in a DB on unix, it runs perfectly but when I run this code in DB on windows, it adds a additional form feed character(chr(12)) at the end. CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE edi_tst IS out_file UTL_FILE.file_type; out_line VARCHAR2 (200); begin out_file := UTL_FILE.fopen ('c:\', 'tst.txt', 'w',32000); UTL_FILE.put (out_file, 'TEST'); utl_file.new_line(out_file, 1); UTL_FILE.put(out_file, 'TEST Line 2'); UTL_FILE.put(out_file, 'TEST'); UTL_FILE.fclose(out_file); end; Output of Octal Dump for a file created in Windows /tmp> od -bc tst.txt 0000000 T E S T \n T E S T L i n e 2 124 105 123 124 012 124 105 123 124 040 114 151 156 145 040 062 0000020 T E S T \n 124 105 123 124 012 Any clues how to avoid the extra form feed character?? Best Regards Sriram Kumar ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------