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SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference
Release 9.2

Part Number A90842-01
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SQL*Plus Limits

This appendix lists general SQL*Plus limits. The limits shown are valid for most operating systems.

Table A-1 SQL*Plus Limits
Item Limit

filename length

system dependent

username length

30 bytes

user variable name length

30 bytes

user variable value length

240 characters

command-line length

2500 characters

length of a LONG value entered through SQL*Plus

LINESIZE value

LINESIZE

system dependent

LONGCHUNKSIZE value

system dependent

output line size

system dependent

line size after variable
substitution

3,000 characters (internal only)

number of characters in a COMPUTE command label

500 characters

number of lines per SQL command

500 (assuming 80 characters per line)

maximum PAGESIZE

50,000 lines

total row width

60,000 characters for VMS; otherwise, 32,767 characters

maximum ARRAYSIZE

5000 rows

maximum number of nested scripts

20 for VMS, CMS, Unix; otherwise, 5

maximum page number

99,999

maximum PL/SQL error message size

2K

maximum ACCEPT
character string length

240 Bytes

maximum number of DEFINE variables

2048


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