Help Using SQL*Plus Format Commands (like TTITLE) in Packages

Where (within a package) can/should SQL*Plus format commands such as TTITLE, COLUMN & BREAK be coded?

A package is coded in PL/SQL.
TTITLE, COLUMN and BREAK are SQL*Plus commands, they cannot be used in PL/SQL.
If you want to output data (using dbms_output) in your package, you'll have to implement the features yourself. But probably just using SQL*Plus is better in your case.
Regards,
Rob.

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sqlplus -L username/password@db @blah.sql
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Hi Turloch,
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user13328581 wrote:
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email: [email protected]

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