no big deal any longer - getting ddl of objects from 9i/10g

--1 Get DDL of the object:
declare
clb CLOB; pos INTEGER:=1; amt INTEGER; len INTEGER; txt VARCHAR2(4000);
begin
clb := dbms_metadata.get_ddl ('$OBJ_TYPE','$OBJ_NAME','$OWNER');
len := LENGTH(clb);
LOOP
amt := nvl(INSTR (clb, chr(10), pos),len) - pos;
IF amt>0 THEN txt := NVL(SUBSTR (clb, pos, amt),' '); ELSE txt:=''; END IF;
pos := pos + amt + 1;
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (SUBSTR(txt,1,250));
EXIT WHEN pos>=len;
END LOOP;
end;
/

--2 Get DDL of all $OBJ_TYPE objects in schema:
declare
clb CLOB; pos INTEGER; amt INTEGER; len INTEGER; txt VARCHAR2(4000);
handle NUMBER; transhandle NUMBER; cnt NUMBER;
begin
handle := dbms_metadata.open ('$OBJ_TYPE');
--dbms_metadata.set_filter (handle, 'NAME_EXPR','like ''%''');
dbms_metadata.set_filter (handle, 'SCHEMA', '$OWNER');
dbms_metadata.set_count (handle, 10);
transhandle := dbms_metadata.add_transform (handle, 'DDL');
dbms_metadata.set_transform_param (transhandle, 'SQLTERMINATOR', TRUE);
LOOP
clb := dbms_metadata.fetch_clob (handle);
EXIT WHEN clb is null;
pos := 1;
len := LENGTH(clb);
txt := '';
LOOP
amt := nvl(INSTR (clb, chr(10), pos),len) - pos;
IF amt>0 THEN txt := NVL(SUBSTR (clb, pos, amt),' '); ELSE txt:=''; END IF;
pos := pos + amt + 1;
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (SUBSTR(txt,1,250));
EXIT WHEN pos>=len;
END LOOP;
END LOOP;
end;
/