UTL_FILE package...need info

I am running 73. on an IBM RS/6000. I want to be able to do file I/O in PL/SQL, and have installed and configured the UTL_FILE package.

We have experienced some problems......

The UTL_FILE_DIR = *

This should mean that we can write to any directory...wrong!

If we try to write to a user's directory, we get an error.

ORA-6510 - PL/SQL unhandled user defined exception.

This problem does not exist when we write to a dir under the Oracle home.

Has ANYBODY used this package yet, if so could I get some guidance on the way that thing really work.

Thanks,

Ian Abramson Received on Wed Nov 13 1996 - 00:00:00 CET