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Old 05-24-2007
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You can try something like that :

Code:
awk '
   BEGIN { 
      RS=ORS=";\n"
   }
   /create/ && ! /tablespace/ {
      sub(/^\n*/, "");
      print
   }
    ' inputfile

Jean-Pierre.