"Jonathon" <jsuggs_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I am having some troubles trying to create a procedure that will create
> an output file. When I try to use fopen, it gives me an error saying
> "invalid directory path." I had seen a previous group talking about
> this, tried their suggestions and am still having issues. I tried
> creating a directory, no luck...where does the utl_file_dir come into
> play? Does that have to be set for this to work? I have tried
> everything, even setting chmod 777 on the directory. Open to any
> suggestions.
>
> Here is my code:
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE rpts_mapping_engine() IS
> v_fh utl_file.file_type;
> BEGIN
> v_fh := utl_file.fopen(location => '/home/oracle/pdl_reports',
> filename => 'test.html',
> open_mode => 'w');
> utl_file.put_line(file => v_fh, buffer => 'Test');
> utl_file.fclose(file => v_fh);
> END rpts_mapping_engine;
>
I don't know about 10g, but in 8i and 9i both, the utl_file_dir must be set.
You won't be able to write to a file without having set it.
--
Randy Harris
(tech at promail dot com)
Received on Thu Mar 31 2005 - 18:18:02 CST
