RE: Oracle From a Sybase DBA perspective| What is a Database to S

  Biggest disadvantage with utl_file is it cannot be used to extract data on the client. You also have to consider the effort required and the performance.

Regards,
Denny

• "Freeman, Robert " <Robert_Freeman_at_csx.com> wrote:
  > - bcp out - It's time Oracle came up with some
  > utility to extract the data
  > in
  > ascii format other than recommending "sqlplus and
  > spool"
  >
  > What about utl_file functions?
  >
  > RF
  >
  > Robert G. Freeman - Oracle8i OCP
  > Oracle DBA Technical Lead
  > CSX Midtier Database Administration
  >
  > The Cigarette Smoking Man: Anyone who can appease a
  > man's conscience can
  > take his freedom away from him.
  

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