Re: TEXT_IO does not work

TEXT_IO is for Developer client-side, use UTL_FILE in the database.

HTH. Finn

<smathur9_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message news:88s4ja$i3j$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to use the built in package TEXT_IO using Procedure Builder
> 6.0 which uses PL/SQL version 2.3.4.5. The oracle version is 7.3.4
>
> Here is what I wrote for test:
>
> PROCEDURE FILE_IO
> IS
> out_file TEXT_IO.FILE_TYPE;
> BEGIN
> out_file := text_io.Fopen ('testfile.txt','W');
> text_io.Put('This is a test...');
> text_io.fclose(out_file);
> END;
>
> When compiled it says identifier TEXT_IO.FILE_TYPE, TEXT_IO.PUT,
> TEXT_IO.FCLOSE must be declared.
>
> Please tell me why it is not recognizing the package. Thanks in advance
> for your help.
>
> Sheetal
>
>
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Received on Mon Feb 21 2000 - 13:57:20 CST