Re: UTL_FILE package help needed.

Jim,

Have a look in Oracle Procedure Builder: "The UTL_FILE package is similar to the client-side TEXT_IO package currently provided by Oracle Procedure Builder."

Vladan Nonveiller

Jim West wrote:

> Ok, so now I'm responding to my own posts...
>
> I believe I've discovered (via Metalink) that for client side file I/O
> I need to use TEXT_IO.
>
> ...alas, I'm not able to find any documentation on TEXT_IO...will keep
> digging....
>
> On Fri, 14 Jan 2000 17:51:59 GMT, Jim West <Jim_at_jameswest.com> wrote:
>
> >Howdy all,
> >
> > Ok, here's da scoop.
> >
> > I'm writing a stored procedure that will be used to query a table
> >and write results to a flat file for external processing.
> >
> > Our DB resides on a Sun Solaris node.
> >
> > The procedure will be executed on PCs and other Unix nodes.
> >
> > The file needs to be written on the client node, i.e. the PCs and
> >"other Unix" nodes.
> >
> > Is this possible with UTL_FILE?
> >
> > It seems to want to write on the node where my DB lives.
> >
> > Any and all help is appreciated. Thanx!
> >
Received on Wed Jan 26 2000 - 22:14:29 CET