Next line character error

Question

Hello All,
I am trying to concatenate two strings along with next line character. I am using the following syntax.
v_str1||chr(13)||chr(10)||v_str2;
The problem I am facing is if the string is like greater than about 40 characters, then the new line character is not getting appended . Instead they are concatenated together without the new line character.
I also tried using only chr(10). But it is not working. Can anybody plz suggest me a soln to this.
Thanks,
Myway
Edited by: myway on Mar 29, 2009 3:16 PM

Answer 1

Hi,
Please post your code that raises the problem, I use this simple example and works fine:
Connected to Oracle Database 10g Express Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0
Connected as hr
SQL> select 'line 1' || chr(13) || 'line 2' from dual;
'LINE1'||CHR(13)||'LINE2'
line 1
line 2
SQL>
SQL> SET SERVEROUTPUT ON
SQL> DECLARE
  2     v_string VARCHAR2(4000);
  3     v_line1  VARCHAR2(4000) := 'LINE 1';
  4     v_line2  VARCHAR2(4000) := 'LINE 2';
  5     c_line_break CONSTANT VARCHAR2(1) := CHR(13);
  6  BEGIN
  7     v_string := v_line1 || c_line_break || v_line2;
  8     dbms_output.put_line(v_string);
  9  END;
10  /
LINE 1
LINE 2
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed
SQL> Regards,