Oracle 8i – How to Fetch Package DDL

Well, if sqlplus is screwing your dbms_metadata.get_ddl output, why not select the output in a CLOB and write the CLOB to filesystem.

e.g.

DECLARE
    data CLOB;
    objType varchar2(30) := 'TABLE';
    objSchema varchar2(30) := 'SCOTT';
    objName varchar2(30) := 'EMP';
    fname varchar2(256) := objType || '_' || objSchema || '_' || objName || '.sql';
BEGIN
    SELECT dbms_metadata.get_ddl(objType,objName,objSchema) into data from dual;
    DBMS_XSLPROCESSOR.CLOB2FILE(data,'DATA_PUMP_DIR',fname);
END;
/

This should get you correct DDL, w/o the output getting messed up. The only thing is that the script will be created on the DB server and not on the client from where you invoke sqlplus.

The script gets saved in the directory pointed to by the 'DATA_PUPM_DIR' entry on the DB Server. i.e.

select directory_path from all_directories where directory_name like 'DATA_PUMP_DIR';

What's more you can add some sort of iteration over all the tables/indexes etc of a schema, and get a complete schema's DDL in no time. I do it all the time.

All you need is configured ODBC connection to Oracle DB

1. Install Oracle Client SW (download from otn.oracle.com). I recommend installing same version as your Oracle DB
2. Define connection in tnsnames.ora
3. Create and test ODBC connection to Oracle DB in Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Data Sources (ODBC) - use Oracle's driver in your ORA_HOME, use connection defined in tnsnames.ora
4. Importing from defined ODBC connection to Oracle should be same as importing from Access DB