Procedure Editor
DBMS Output
You get to this dialog via the View | DBMS Output menu item.
Oracle provides a package, called DBMS_OUTPUT, which is specifically designed with functions for debugging PL/SQL code. It uses a buffer that your PL/SQL code writes into, and then a separate process queries the buffer out and displays the contents.
Output only comes out after the procedure has completed execution, not while you are single stepping through the code. In nested procedure calls, all procedures must have run to completion before any DBMS_OUTPUT content is displayed.
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The Procedure Editor right-click menu lists DBMS_OUTPUT specific commands.
You can edit DBMS_OUTPUT content, make comments, delete specific lines of output, etc. The standard copy, cut, and paste keys work in the DBMS_OUTPUT textbox.
To create a DBMS_OUTPUT statement
1.
Highlight the desired selection from your SQL script.
2.
Right-click to display the right-click menu for the Procedure Editor.
3.
Select the Make Output Statement item.
4.
Click the place in your script where you want to paste the
DBMS_OUTPUT statement.
5.
Select Paste from the right-click menu OR the Edit menu.
Blank Output
You can also select Blank Output to get a DBMS_OUTPUT template, which you paste into your script and fill in the blank sections yourself.
To create a Blank DBMS_OUTPUT statement
1.
Right-Click and select the Blank Output Statement item.
2.
Click the place in your script where you want to paste the statement.
3.
Select Paste from either the right-click menu or the Edit menu, and the blank DBMS_OUTPUT Statement is pasted into your script.
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