Forgot the smiley! And, to make up for that, I ran a simple test and found that 'set serveroutput off' solves the problem.
My code: BEGIN dbms_output.put_line('sysdate: ' || sysdate); END; / with serveroutput on started dumping data to the screen in about 5 seconds. With serveroutput off I had to kill the session. Kevin -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 2:04 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L talk about unprofessional... this stuff should never go into production. which vendor is it? ill aviod? cant you juse set serveroutput off? to turn off the output? > > From: Kevin Toepke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2003/08/26 Tue PM 01:44:42 EDT > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: buffer overflow > > contact the vendor and ask them to remove the dbms_output calls? > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 1:34 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Hi Gang , > I have some upgrade script from vendor ( no source code ) which calling some > procs . Now I am getting "buffer overflow, limit of 1000000 bytes" error > from it . Looks like they are spitting out debug statmts out with > dbms_output . How can I stop this to happen without touching source code > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Kevin Toepke > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Kevin Toepke INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).