Oracle-L: RE: UTL

From: Mercadante, Thomas F <NDATFM_at_labor.state.ny.us>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 11:53:57 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00566B1B.20030311115357@fatcity.com>

Eric

Utl_file only write to the database server. You can use Dbms_Output and spool the results to the local machine. Or 'select' the data to be spooled out.

Hope this helps!

Tom Mercadante
Oracle Certified Professional

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Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 2:30 PM
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Any help would be appreciated...

Is it possible to write a file to the local OS if the database is remote? Should I be using UTL_FILE or another package?

I'm attempting to write to a file on my local OS (Windows NT 4.0). The database version is 9i r2 and resides on a HP-UX box. I've created a directory object as follows:

CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY utl_file_dir AS 'c:\';

The output from the SQL statement: select * from all_directories; follows:

OWNER DIRECTORY_NAME DIRECTORY_PATH

------------------------------ ----------------------------

SYS UTL_FILE_DIR c:\

File handle code from my procedure follows:

l_FileHandle := UTL_FILE.FOPEN('UTL_FILE_DIR','role.txt','r');

When executing the associated procedure I get the following error:

ORA-29280: invalid directory path

Thanks, Eric Harrington

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RE: UTL_FILE