Is immediate output from DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE possible

I have not been able to find a way to have my PUT_LINE's output to the user immediately. All of the data is buffered until the procedure is complete and the it is all dumped at the same time. I have some procedures that do several steps that can each take a few minutes to complete. I would like to be able to let the use know that there is progress being made. Is it possible to "flush" the output buffer?
Thanks in advance for your help,
Jim Marciniak

No. That is just the way DBMS_OUTPUT is. See http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/ask/f?p=4950:8:::::F4950_P8_DISPLAYID:146412348066 for information.
What I have done to get around the DBMS_OUTPUT buffering is created an autonomous transaction stored procedure which writes rows to an output table that can be queried by other database sessions to see at what point in time a long running process is. Basically I do not use DBMS_OUTPUT.
Mike

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