In article <BGEx8.59606$vF6.1821292_at_news2.tin.it>, "FC" says...
>
>Hi folks,
>anyone able to solve this riddle?
>
>(Oracle 8.1.7.0.0 running on Win2K SP2)
>If I put the UTL_FILE_DIR parameter inside the initialisation file, the
>database startup fails.
>If I put the same parameter in a separate file like DUMMY.ORA and then I
>include it (together with the good one) using the IFILE clause, it works
>fine.
>
>Why ?
>
>Thanks,
>Flavio
>
>
care to share -- show the cut and paste of the lines surrounding the
utl_file_dir when it does not work, show the error you get upon startup, show
the workaround that is working.
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Received on Wed Apr 24 2002 - 19:40:42 CDT
