RE: UTL_FILE_DIR problem

Connor,

Can you please test your code before posting ;-)

Larry G. Elkins
elkinsl_at_flash.net
214.954.1781

> -----Original Message-----
> From: root_at_fatcity.com [mailto:root_at_fatcity.com]On Behalf Of Connor
> McDonald
> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 9:00 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: UTL_FILE_DIR problem
>
>
> In particular,
>
> declare
> f utl_file.file_type;
> begin
> for i in ( select name from v$datafile
> order by file# desc ) loop
> f := utl_file.fopen(
> substr(i.name,1,instr(i.name,'/',-1)),
> substr(i.name,instr(i.name,'/',-1)+1),
> 'W');
> utl_file.fclose(f);
> end loop;
> end;
> /
>
> which (pending fixing any compile errors) will do its
> best to reduce all datafiles in the database to 0
> bytes finishing with SYSTEM.
>
> Cheers
> Connor

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