You could write the program in Java. Then it would be more cross platform
compatible.
Jim
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"John Russell" <johnrussell10_at_home.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 20 Apr 2001 15:07:17 GMT, cory-p_at_usa.net (Cory Phillips)
> wrote:
>
> >Anyone know how I can get a directory listing from PL/SQL in Oracle
> >8i?
> >
> >Cory Phillips
>
> I believe you would have to call out to an external procedure written
> in most likely C. Alternatively, if you could arrange for the
> directory listing to already be available in a file (via cron job or
> similar), you could read it via the UTL_FILE package.
>
> John
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Received on Sat Apr 21 2001 - 17:12:53 CDT
