Hello Paula, You might look into the command SET SQLBLANKLINES ON, which enables SQL*Plus to deal with blank lines in the midst of SQL statements. Best regards, Jonathan Gennick --- Brighten the corner where you are http://Gennick.com * 906.387.1698 * mailto:jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxx Join the Oracle-article list and receive one article on Oracle technologies per month by email. To join, visit http://five.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/oracle-article, or send email to Oracle-article-request@xxxxxxxxxxx and include the word "subscribe" in either the subject or body. Thursday, August 19, 2004, 12:08:25 PM, Paula_Stankus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Paula_Stankus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: Pdsfu> Guys, Pdsfu> I hope you don't mind answering this - I am sure I answered this at one = Pdsfu> time but now forgot the answer. Pdsfu> I have some SQL generating SQL but there are skipped lines so the = Pdsfu> commands do not look correct and I get=20 Pdsfu> SP2-....unknown command. Pdsfu> What is the set command to change this behavior? Pdsfu> Thanks, Pdsfu> Paula Pdsfu> ---------------------------------------------------------------- Pdsfu> Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com Pdsfu> ---------------------------------------------------------------- Pdsfu> To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Pdsfu> put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. Pdsfu> -- Pdsfu> Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ Pdsfu> FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html Pdsfu> ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------