Re: Passing NT parameters like machine-name to map drives for using in UTL_FILE.FOPEN

SG wrote:
>
> Hi friends,
>
> I am trying to find a way to pass to the UTL_FILE.FOPEN package, the
> location (directory) information in "operating system specifics".
>
> I am using Oracle on an NT platform, and my server machine name is
> ORACLE_1. To all my clients, \\ORACLE_1\.. defines the directories that
> are shared on the server to be read and written to.
>
> I am unsuccesful in passing the parameter \\ORACLE_1\share to FOPEn
> whereas passing c:\share works fine. I have already set my UTL_FILE_DIR
> in the initorcl.ora file to "*" for total access.
>
> Is there a way out such that Oracle can interpret this \\ORACLE_1\share
> to mean c:\share.
>
> All suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

  I encounter the same situation in Novell Netware.

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Name   : Lun Wing San (Certified Oracle Database Administrator)

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