Use "set spool" command in pl/sql block

Hi,
I need to use the "set spool ..." command inside my pl/sql block.
could you please tell me how to do this.
Please help fast.
Thanks
Maria

I am aware that spool is not a pl/sql command.
I have to put the result of my query into a file without using util commands ( as I canot change the utl_file_dir). SO I was sondering if somehow I could use the pool command inside my pl/sql.
My data is too big to use dbms_output.
Thus can you suggest anything

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Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
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C:\Users\Balaji K>
See now you can see the example.txt which we had spooled. Now if go with
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And instead of exiting sqlplus, if you want to continue some other operations , then you can give spool off command .
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Thanks,
Balaji K.
Edited by: balaji k on Mar 26, 2011 11:42 AM
Edited by: balaji k on Mar 26, 2011 11:43 AM

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