PL/SQL: Reading/Writing to a file

Can anyone tell me if there is any other way of reading/writing external

text files from PL/SQL ?
Currently, I'm using the UTL_FILE package, but I recently found out that

it is capable of reading (using the GET_LINE procedure) only 1022 bytes,

and writing (using PUT_LINE) only 1023 bytes. The data I'm working with

will probably be around 7K per line.

Any input is appreciated.

Thanks
Fenella Tan Received on Sat Sep 06 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT