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Oracle DBMS_OUTPUT
Version 11.1
General
Source {ORACLE_HOME}/rdbms/admin/dbmsotpt.sql
First Available 7.3.4
Data Types TYPE chararr IS TABLE OF VARCHAR2(32767) INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
-- Note: was 255 bytes in 10gR1 and earlier

TYPE dbmsoutput_linesarray IS
VARRAY(2147483647) OF VARCHAR2(32767);
Dependencies SELECT name FROM dba_dependencies
WHERE referenced_name = 'DBMS_OUTPUT'
UNION
SELECT referenced_name FROM dba_dependencies
WHERE name = 'DBMS_OUTPUT';
Exceptions
Exception Name Error Code Reason
ORA-20000 ORU-10027 Buffer overflow, limit of <buf_limit> bytes
ORA-20000 ORU-10028 Line length overflow, limit is 32767 bytes per line
SQL*Plus SET SERVEROUTPUT ON in SQL*Plus is equivalent to:

dbms_output.enable(buffer_size => NULL);
 
DISABLE
Disable DBMS_OUTPUT and reset the buffer size to the default dbms_output.disable;
exec dbms_output.disable;
 
ENABLE
Enable DBMS_OUTPUT and set the buffer size. The buffer size can be between 1 and 1,000,000 dbms_output.enable(buffer_size IN INTEGER DEFAULT 20000);
exec dbms_output.enable(1000000);
 
GET_LINE

Returns a single line of buffered information
dbms_output.get_line(line OUT VARCHAR2, status OUT INTEGER);
set serveroutput on

DECLARE
 buffer VARCHAR2(100);
 status INTEGER;
BEGIN
  dbms_output.put_line('This is');
  dbms_output.put_line('a test.');
  dbms_output.get_line(buffer, status);
  dbms_output.put_line('Buffer: ' || buffer);
  dbms_output.put_line('Status: ' || TO_CHAR(status));
END;
/
 
GET_LINES

Retrieves an array of lines from the buffer

Overload 1
dbms_output.get_lines(lines OUT CHARARR, numlines IN OUT INTEGER);
set serveroutput on

DECLARE
 outtab dbms_output.chararr;
 fetchln INTEGER := 15;
BEGIN
  outtab(1) := 'This is a test';
  outtab(12) := 'of dbms_output.get_lines';

  dbms_output.put_line('A: ' || outtab(1));
  dbms_output.put_line('A: ' || outtab(12));

  dbms_output.get_lines(outtab, fetchln);
  dbms_output.put_line(TO_CHAR(fetchln));
/*
  FOR i IN 1 .. fetchln LOOP
    dbms_output.put_line('B: ' || outtab(i));
  END LOOP;
*/

END;
/

DECLARE
  outtab dbms_output.chararr;
  fetchln INTEGER := 15;
BEGIN
  outtab(1) := 'This is a test';
  outtab(12) := 'of dbms_output.get_lines';

  dbms_output.put_line('A: ' || outtab(1));
  dbms_output.put_line('A: ' || outtab(12));

  dbms_output.get_lines(outtab, fetchln);
  dbms_output.put_line(TO_CHAR(fetchln));

  FOR i IN 1 .. fetchln LOOP
    dbms_output.put_line('B: ' || outtab(i));
  END LOOP;
END;
/

Overload 2
dbms_output.get_lines(
lines       OUT dbmsoutput_linesarray,
numlines IN OUT INTEGER);
set serveroutput on

BEGIN
  dbms_output.put_line(lo(1));
END;
/
===========================================
DECLARE
 lo dbmsoutput_linesarray := dbmsoutput_linesarray(10);
 fetchln INTEGER := 15;
BEGIN
  lo(1) := 'ABC';
  lo.extend;
  lo(2) := 'DEF';
  lo.extend;
  lo(3) := 'GHI';
  lo.extend;
  lo(4) := 'JKL';
  lo.extend;
  lo(5) := 'MNO';

  dbms_output.put_line('A: ' || lo(1));
  dbms_output.put_line('A: ' || lo(2));
  dbms_output.put_line('A: ' || lo(3));
  dbms_output.put_line('A: ' || lo(4));
  dbms_output.put_line('A: ' || lo(5));

  dbms_output.get_lines(lo, fetchln);
  dbms_output.put_line(TO_CHAR(fetchln));
/*
  FOR i IN 1 .. fetchln LOOP
    dbms_output.put_line('B: ' || outtab(i));
  END LOOP;
*/

END;
/

DECLARE
 lo dbmsoutput_linesarray := dbmsoutput_linesarray(10);
 fetchln INTEGER := 15;
BEGIN
  lo(1) := 'ABC';
  lo.extend;
  lo(2) := 'DEF';
  lo.extend;
  lo(3) := 'GHI';
  lo.extend;
  lo(4) := 'JKL';
  lo.extend;
  lo(5) := 'MNO';

  dbms_output.put_line('A: ' || lo(1));
  dbms_output.put_line('A: ' || lo(2));
  dbms_output.put_line('A: ' || lo(3));
  dbms_output.put_line('A: ' || lo(4));
  dbms_output.put_line('A: ' || lo(5));

  dbms_output.get_lines(lo, fetchln);
  dbms_output.put_line(TO_CHAR(fetchln));

  FOR i IN 1 .. fetchln LOOP
    dbms_output.put_line('B: ' || lo(i));
  END LOOP;
END;
/
 
NEW_LINE

Inserts an end-of-line marker
dbms_output.new_line;
set serveroutput on

BEGIN
  dbms_output.enable(9999999);
  dbms_output.new_line();

  FOR rec IN (SELECT table_name FROM user_tables)
  LOOP
    dbms_output.put_line (rec.table_name);
  END LOOP;
  dbms_output.new_line();
END;
/
 
PUT
The PUT procedure that takes a NUMBER is obsolete and no longer supported by Oracle
 
PUT_LINE
Output a literal dbms_output.put_line(a IN VARCHAR2);
set serveroutput on

BEGIN
  dbms_output.put_line('Display a string literal');
END;
/
Output a variable set serveroutput on size 1000000 format wrapped

DECLARE
 x   VARCHAR2(200) := RPAD('Dan Morgan', 199, 'x');
BEGIN
  dbms_output.put_line(x);
END;
/
 
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