The first line does wrap however it has 3 chr(10) in it which makes it shorter than the linesize. I will try this first thing tomorrow morning. Thank you. Ken Naim -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Gennick [mailto:jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 10:16 PM To: Ken Naim Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Sql PLus - extra linefeed Hello Ken, Do any of the columns in your output wrap? A long text value that wraps to two lines will cause SQL*Plus to skip a line. If that's the case, you might try SET WRAP OFF. Best regards, Jonathan Gennick --- Brighten the corner where you are http://Gennick.com * 906.387.1698 * mailto:jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxx -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l