PL/SQL set serveroutput

Hi
I'm trying to print an XML document into a PL/SQL region.
Here's the region source:
declare
queryCtx DBMS_XMLquery.ctxType;
result CLOB;
begin
queryCtx := DBMS_XMLQuery.newContext('select * from mytable');
result := DBMS_XMLQuery.getXML(queryCtx);
printClobOut(result);
DBMS_XMLQuery.closeContext(queryCtx);
end;
And here's the 'printClobOut' procedure:
PROCEDURE printClobOut(result IN OUT NOCOPY CLOB) is
xmlstr varchar2(32767);
line varchar2(2000);
set serveroutput on
begin
xmlstr := dbms_lob.SUBSTR(result,32767);
loop
exit when xmlstr is null;
line := substr(xmlstr,1,instr(xmlstr,chr(10))-1);
dbms_output.put_line('| '||line);
xmlstr := substr(xmlstr,instr(xmlstr,chr(10))+1);
end loop;
end printClobOut
For some reason it doesn't like the 'set serveroutput' command, and gives me this error:
ERROR at line 4: PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "ON" when expecting one of the following: := . ( @ % ; not null range default character The symbol "; was inserted before "ON" to continue.
If I don't have that command in there, it doesn't print anything out.
Any ideas?
Cheers
-Dave

David,
That statement is not part of the PL/SQL language. It's used only in SQL*Plus to enable output when using dbms_output. You need to use htp.p with the web components instead of dbms_output, and htf.escape_sc within that if necessary to escape special characters, if any, e.g., htp.p(substr(xmlstr,1,instr(xmlstr,chr(10))-1)) or htp.p(htf.escape_sc(substr(xmlstr,1,instr(xmlstr,chr(10))-1))).
Scott

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