Bearing Plate

When building a new interior non bearing wall, does the sole plate need to be one contiguous 2x4?

or can I use two pieces?

I have one piece for the top plate but my largest 2x4 is 1 foot short of 9 feet (the length of the wall). I am just trying to avoid another trip to the home depot if this is unnecessary.

Thanks

Jim why would you use a double top plate in a non load bearing wall?

Yea it's ok, just place the weaken end of the plate toward the wall. Can't you find any piece of wood that would do, you could join it with a fish-plate or a lap joint. http://www.answers.com/topic/fishplate this fish-plate http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=lap+joint&meta=&aq=f&oq= wouldn't need to be like the one on that site, rather just a piece of anything to hold the joint piece in line just nailed to the top.

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