Viewing complete value while debugging

Question

Hallo Forum,
I hope that I don't post a FAQ but I did not find this one doing some searching.
Okay, here is my problem:
When debugging a stored procedure, I try to get the complete value of a varchar2(4000) variable but I'm seeing just the first 100 characters.
Since I'm building up a SQL for execute immediate, I have to see the complete value in order to get an explain plan.
Do I just miss some configuration option or is that gerarally not possible?
My configuration is SQLDeveloper 1.0.0.14.67 with newest updates installed (these do not change the version number by the way).
I'm running on WinXP SP2 against an Oracle 9.2.0.7.0 running on W2kSP6.
Many thanks in advance,
Lothar

Answer 1

I set a breakpoint and try to inspect the local variables of the procedure.
When I doubleclick on the variable and enlarge the column that shows the value, it is truncated after 100 characters.
I don't know if it's a debugger issue or if the problem origins in SQL Developer because I'm not using dbms_debug outside SQL Developer.
You can hopefully reproduce this by using a test procedure like this:
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE TEST AS
s varchar2(4000);
BEGIN
for i in 1..10 loop
for j in 1..10 loop
s := s||'('||to_char(i)||','||to_char(j)||') **********';
end loop;
end loop;
END;
When you set a break point at the line where s is appended, Smart Data, Data and Watches show s just truncated to 100 chars.
Regards,
Lothar