Re: utl_file on Redhat Linux Oracle 9 standard engine

Hi!

Actually I read your post more thorougly, it seems that you have specified max linesize already.
But this var_current_line, how is this one defined? If it's reduce it's size to varchar2 (to 998) as well.

Tanel.

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> I have a problem with utl_file in Oracle 9 on Linux, standard engine....
>
> It does not seem to want to read lines longer than 997 characters. It
works
> fine if the line is 997 characters or less.
>
> I get a utl_file.write_error exception if the line is longer than 997
> charcaters!!!!!!!!!!! Why a write error when I am reading?
>
> I have set the line size in the utl_file.FOPEN and utl_file.read_line to
998
>
>
> Is this a bug?
>
>
> original_kic_file_handle :=
> utl_file.FOPEN(var_transfer_dir,var_file_name||'.KIC','r',998);
>
>
> utl_file.get_line(original_kic_file_handle,var_current_line,998);
>
>
> John
>
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