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True, but any DBA who puts utl_file_dir=* into their parameter file
should be hung, drawn and quartered anyway! Just imagine what the
effect is - you've now given people rights to open system01.dbf, write
to it and close it. Hmm, could that cause any problems? :)
Pete
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Good points, also consider the security issues that exist because of 'util_file_dir=*'. With that, any user that can run a procedure and write (or overwrite) files in locations that should be accessible only by oracle.
>>> Rajendra.Jamadagni_at_espn.com 03/14/03 07:08AM >>> John,
In 9i, Oracle is recommending that you make use of 'CREATE DIRECTORY' rather than UTL_FILE_DIR ... firstly because a directory can be created dynamically, so to adda new sub-directory you don't have to bounce the instance.
Plus instead of '*', you can dynamically create directory ... read/write and drop the directory if you wish.
I'd recommend you make use of this feature John, because UTL_FILE_DIR might just go away .... because of its limitations.
Raj
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In 8i we set utl_file_dir = "*" because otherwise we have to specify lots of individual directories. It was not possible to just specify a top level directory.
Has this changed in 9i? Is it possible to specify a top level
directory
and then utl_file can write to subdirectories?
John
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