Re: UTL_FILE - Print Novell Network

oreilly java examples in a nutshell & oreilly learning java. should give u what you need , there are a couple of examples on printer stuff.

if the java is on the client then you will run into problems with having to have the java VM and forms loaded at the same time, unless u go for a pure java aproach ( not that difficult- plus you did not say how you implemented the client side).
if it's on the server, first you must find out if the classes you need are supported.
basically what this means is that upto atleast oracle 815 , oracle will not support some java functions such as:-  AWT ,SWING
as these are graphical classes ( & how can u do graphics on a server, 50 users using the same screen!!), personally i think it is stupid, as this makes the java non-standard.

Anyway without knowing more about your situation i cannot give any ideas about implementation.

<SUSOTT_at_amnutrition.com> wrote:

> "steve" <E_at_E.COM> wrote in message news:1f7onhn.gj9ytn1s4b0lcN%E_at_E.COM...
> >
> > oracle on one machine cannot access the paths on a novell server, as
> > oracle is using the i/o kernel to directly access your local servers
> > devices.
> > also setting utl_file_dir = '*' is a real big mistake and a real big
> > security hole, as it bypasses any server side security and gives access
> > directly to root programs (you can write/read absolutly ANY file on the
> > server), on the machine that the oracle resides on.
> >
> >
> > also writing to lpt1 is a little different that dumping a file directly
> > into the printer Queue on the novell server, as output directed to lpt1
> > goes through a printer driver( converts the output to printer specific
> > codes) and security that informs the server that a job is ready, it
> > would depend on how the print queue is implemented at the novell end and
> > its security.
> >
> > you might try a java module on the client or server, that is called by
> > the oracle, as java is a bit more printer friendly than oracle and would
> > give you cleaner code that is easier to maintain and implement.
> >
> > steve
> >
> {snip}
>
> Thanks for the information, as I now try to learn java, any tips in which
> areas I should concentrait in?
Received on Sun Feb 17 2002 - 16:23:33 CST