I am using something on the same lines for a sql_text column that has CR/LF in it: replace(substr(sql_text,1,124),chr(13) || chr(10),' ') sqltext Does this help? Deepak --- Rodd Holman <Rodd.Holman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Same result there. > It's a DOS/Windows thing actually. > The CRLF ending in ascii text actually was a MSDOS > construct that has > carried into Windows. > > What I'm trying to figure out is there a way to make > Windows > sqlplus/sqlplusw output in UNIX format? > > set record_sep ; > or > define _record_sep ; > > or anything like that. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l