Re: UTL_FILE on client side

if you are using d2000, why don u try using text_io. copy your procedure and change utl_file to text_io and put it in a library. text_io will write the file onto the client side.
hopes this helps

Bill <wsprouse_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message news:91bke3$klr$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> Hello all.
>
> I am trying to use the UTL_FILE package to write output to a file on a
> client computer. The client is NT 4.0, Oracle is on a Unix box and I am
> running the code in SQL*Plus on the client. The documentation seems to
> suggest I can use this package to write to files on the client - is this
> true?
>
> When I run the code the INVALID PATH exception is raised when I use the
> UTL_FILE.FOPEN. I am trying to direct the output to a directory and
> file on the NT client.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Bill
>
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Received on Mon Dec 18 2000 - 15:28:07 CET