Re: Checking if a File Exists or not from PL/SQL

From: Chuck Stolt <chuck_at_sfmic.com>
Date: 31 Jul 2001 11:32:21 -0700
Message-ID: <8af3e7f.0107311032.541d2973_at_posting.google.com>


bakirn_at_hotmail.com (Bakir) wrote in message news:<87ba9f30.0107270904.2e9d3fe6_at_posting.google.com>...
> Hi,
> I have an anonymous PL/SQL block in which I have some processing to do
> based on whether an operating system file exists or not. This file can
> be on any machine, not necessarily on the machine where the Database
> server is.
>
> Please let me know if this is possible and if possible, how.
>
> Thank You.
> -Bakir

Could you run a cron job from unix which would update a table if the file existed? Then you could just query the table if the record existed. Received on Tue Jul 31 2001 - 20:32:21 CEST

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