Big string in SQLPlus

Question

I need to write a Select query in bind-variable and this query has more than 2500 symbols.

Variable sql_txt clob;

Exec :sql_txt := 'Select .....';

But SQL Plus support only <2499 symbols. How to fix it?

Maybe write all in a text file and execute this file with sqlplus — Wernfried Domscheit
– Wernfried Domscheit, Commented Jan 29, 2020 at 16:28

Balazs Papp · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-29 15:27:18Z

2

That limitation is for a single line.

You can break your statement into multiple lines to overcome that limitation, such as:

begin
  :sql_txt := 'select ... ' ||
  ' ... ' ||
  ...
  ' ... ';
end;
/

answered Jan 29, 2020 at 15:27

Balazs Papp

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