Output a varchar2 field to a spool file.

I have a varchar2 field in the database which has returns in it. So it has 3 lines of output. When I spool this to s file, that record spans across 3 lines as opposed to 1 line/record.
I tried using replace(field,'^M','') to get the output but that gives me only the first line of the field.......
ANY IDEAS ?????

Have you checked the width of varchar2 data type.else modify it to long and try it.

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something to do with the SET parameters perhaps?
this will be a huge help to me if someone can point me in the right direction...
Thanks!
- Pete

Try:
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     'STATE'               ||'|'||
     'COUNTY'               ||'|'||
     'ZIPNAME'      ||'|'||
     'STATENAME'      ||'|'||
     'COUNTYNAME'      ||'|'||
     'POPCY'               ||'|'||
     'POPMALE'              ||'|'||
     'POPFEMALE'     ||'|'||
     'MEDIANAGE'
FROM
     dual
SELECT
     a.ZIP           ||'|'||
     a.STATE               ||'|'||
     a.COUNTY               ||'|'||
     a.ZIPNAME      ||'|'||
     a.STATENAME      ||'|'||
     a.COUNTYNAME      ||'|'||
     a.POPCY               ||'|'||
     a.SEXCYMAL     ||'|'||
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FROM
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I dont want the existing spool result instaed i want the other result which is generated via se38 as a spool file.
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I don't want existing spool data.
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Hello ,
I am facing a very old school kind of problem .....about spool file ....
The scenario -
I have made a script by name DB_Status_checkup.sql which i want to fire on the database to check the database status. In this script their are many queries regarding the data dictionary views to know about the database. It consist of nearly 25-30 different select queries..
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clear buffer
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Why don't you just use database control, instead of re-inventing the wheel?
Apart from that, SQL*Plus has it's own reference manual, which you apparently refuse to read.
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set echo on
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check for those data in there.
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      7499 ALLEN      SALESMAN        7698 20-FEB-81       1600        300         30
      7521 WARD       SALESMAN        7698 22-FEB-81       1250        500         30
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