sp2-0223 error unable execute the qurey from sql*plus

[natraj.dba]

Hello there,
i have query which runs more than 40lines
i get the error SP2-0223,i am unable to find a solution googling the error
However i am able to run through toad
if any of u know the solution
plz help

Regards,
natraj.dba

[davey23uk]

write the query correctly?

[Scorby]

Is this the error ?

oerr sp2 223
00223,0, "No lines in %s buffer.\n"
// *Cause: There are no lines stored in the buffer.
// *Action: Enter SQL statements into the buffer.

You get that if you go into sql*plus and type in a "/" without having entered an SQL statement into the buffer:

SQL> /
SP2-0103: Nothing in SQL buffer to run.

Make sure you have one script with your SQL script in it. The SQL should either end with a ";" or have a "/" on a blank line immediately following it (but not both).

[natraj.dba]

Hello there,
thax for ur support,i later observed that while copying the query to sql*plus,it has copied as single line query(i.e)entire query(content) which can span upto 35+ lines,was occupied in single line,which i feel
cannot b buffer,
i recopied after spacing the query appropriatly&now its working

[oracle@###oracle]$ wc -l a.sql
2 a.sql
[oracle@### oracle]$ wc -l b.sql
35 b.sql
[oracle@### oracle]$ ls -lh a.sql
-rwxr--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 5.0K May 24 11:21 a.sql
[oracle@### oracle]$ ls -lh b.sql
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 5.0K May 24 11:23 b.sql

thanx for the support
Natarajan