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Re: PL\SQL Help needed!

From: Mark D Powell <markp7832_at_my-deja.com>
Date: 2000/05/24
Message-ID: <8ggnr9$beg$1@nnrp1.deja.com>#1/1

In article <8gehbc$c9g$1_at_nereid.worldonline.nl>,   "K.M. Cheng" <kcheng_at_worldonline.nl> wrote:
> I was wondering if someone can tell me how i can read the content of
 a file
> with PL/SQL.
> Is there a function to read in a flat/text file?
>
> Thanks!
> KC.
>

Look up the utl_file package; it is covered in the Application Developers Guide. Before you can use it the utl_file_dir parameter must be added to the database instance init.ora file.

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