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# Copyright (c) 2020, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
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# DbmsOutput.py
#   This script demonstrates one method of fetching the lines produced by
# the DBMS_OUTPUT package.
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import cx_Oracle
import sample_env

connection = cx_Oracle.connect(sample_env.get_main_connect_string())
cursor = connection.cursor()

# enable DBMS_OUTPUT
cursor.callproc("dbms_output.enable")

# execute some PL/SQL that generates output with DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE
cursor.execute("""
        begin
            dbms_output.put_line('This is the cx_Oracle manual');
            dbms_output.put_line('');
            dbms_output.put_line('Demonstrating use of DBMS_OUTPUT');
        end;""")

# tune this size for your application
chunk_size = 10

# create variables to hold the output
lines_var = cursor.arrayvar(str, chunk_size)
num_lines_var = cursor.var(int)
num_lines_var.setvalue(0, chunk_size)

# fetch the text that was added by PL/SQL
while True:
    cursor.callproc("dbms_output.get_lines", (lines_var, num_lines_var))
    num_lines = num_lines_var.getvalue()
    lines = lines_var.getvalue()[:num_lines]
    for line in lines:
        print(line or "")
    if num_lines < chunk_size:
        break