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RE: problem with UTL_FILE.FILE OPEN

From: Guidry, Chris <chris.guidry_at_atcoelectric.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 13:19:29 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.002CCCCC.20010314123045@fatcity.com>

Hello,
Yes you can use an asterisk which means any directory path is available for using UTL_FILE (at least in 7.3). Oracle recommends you do not do this due to security concerns. You must refer to the server directory structure not to mapped drives and you must have the proper permission to create files in the target.

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Chris J. Guidry  P.Eng.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gogala, Mladen [SMTP:MGogala_at_oxhp.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 11:05 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: problem with UTL_FILE.FILE OPEN
>
> You're supposed to set the parameter to a directoryname,
> not an asterisk. Setting the parameter to something like
> /oracle/base/8.1.7/work
> and setting the protection of the directory to 0644 (files are
> written by the oracle server processes) should help.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 5:16 AM
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>
>
> List hi!
> Oracle817 on AIX. (64 bit)
> We have defined in initora file UTL_FILE_DIR=*
> When we start function UTL_FILE.FOPEN it raises exception INVALID_PATH.
> Everything is set and available (permissions are 777).
> Do you have any idea what's wrong?
>
> TIA,
> Sonja
>
>
>
>
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