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Re: Reading a file on Windows from a trigger in an Oracle database

From: Sybrand Bakker <gooiditweg_at_sybrandb.nospam.demon.nl>
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 20:23:58 +0200
Message-ID: <29ronvo46a4vv2lf3rt5hvg9voe18v415f@4ax.com>


On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 05:37:28 -0400, h <h_at_h.com> wrote:

>Thanks for the suggestion. But the main problem is that the file needs
>to be read from a trigger. So i think the external table option is of
>limited use here.

Why do you think so? You can select from external tables just as ordinary tables.

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Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
Received on Thu Oct 02 2003 - 13:23:58 CDT

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