UTL_FILE(HELP)

From: Prasanna <prasannansl_at_rediffmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid>
Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 03:47:58 -0500
Message-ID: <fNOdndlsaKojMNLfRVn_vg_at_giganews.com>

Hi All,
Nice to be in this Forum.
I have questions to ask on UTL_FILE :roll: Let me explain the concept.
1.When the net is down the user will take the records into one floppy(CLIENT)
2.When the net is up he will update the database(SERVER) with all the trasaction including the records which he taken into the floppy.

He creates one text file in the floppy. The records in that text file will be as follows.

( '12-Dec-2004','D


','1','111111111111','11',11111,11111,'',0,'Z','N','M','


','N',11111,0,'   ','12-Dec-2004','     ',0,'   ','   ',' ',' ',0,'  


  ','12-Dec-2004','   

',0,'1','315','tpsl','06:45:26',1,'N','C','Y','D','1111','F','192.100.10.1','N','1111111111111','','','','','','19-Jan-2005','','','','')

( '12-Dec-2004','D


','2','222222222222','22',1254,1254,'',0,'Z','N','M',' ','N',1254,0,'


  ','12-Dec-2004','     ',0,'   ','   ',' ',' ',0,'    

','12-Dec-2004','
',0,'2','315','TPSL','07:07:11',1,'N','C','Y','D','2222','F','192.100.10.1','N','2222222222222','','','','','','19-Jan-2005','','','','')

Questions

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1. Is it possible to pass floppy drive A: as parameter to UTL_FILE?
2. If yes then do I need to create directory for this?
3. If no then can I copy the file in floppy to other location from procedure?
4. If yes then how can i do that?
5. When I get the line from UTL_FILE handler Iam straight away inserting the line. Like for example INSERT INTO CDYYMMDD1 VALUES(vNewLine); Is is possible?
6. How to go to the next line of UTL_FILE? 7.How to open that file in a procedure?

It will be very useful if you send in any sample code of same issue. Iam here with pasting you the procedure which I have implemented.But it is not working due to the above mentioned Errors(Questions).

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CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE BackupRestore (file_name IN VARCHAR2) IS vSFile utl_file.file_type;
vNewLine VARCHAR2(200);
vTNO VARCHAR2(6);
vTDate DATE;
vMach VARCHAR2(3);

BEGIN
vSFile := utl_file.fopen('A:', file_name,'r');

LOOP      
   BEGIN        
     utl_file.get_line(vSFile, vNewLine);
     DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(vNewLine);
     vTDate = substr(vNewLine,1,13)
     vTNo := SUBSTR(vNewLine,21,1);
     vMach := SUBSTR(vNewLine,77,3);
     FOR I IN (SELECT TRNNO, CONS_NO,MACHINE FROM CDYYMMDD1
               WHERE TRNDATE = vTDate AND 
               (TRNNo = vTNo AND MACHINE = vMach)) LOOP
     IF I = 0 then 
        INSERT INTO CDYYMMDD1 VALUES(vNewLine);
     END IF;
     END LOOP;

EXCEPTION        
  WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN           
     EXIT;      
     END;    

END LOOP;
COMMIT;
utl_file.fclose(vSFile);
EXCEPTION
  WHEN utl_file.invalid_mode THEN
    RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR (-20051, 'Invalid Mode Parameter');   WHEN utl_file.invalid_path THEN
    RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR (-20052, 'Invalid File Location');   WHEN utl_file.invalid_filehandle THEN
    RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR (-20053, 'Invalid Filehandle');   WHEN utl_file.invalid_operation THEN
    RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR (-20054, 'Invalid Operation');   WHEN utl_file.read_error THEN
    RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR (-20055, 'Read Error');   WHEN utl_file.internal_error THEN

    RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR (-20057, 'Internal Error');
 WHEN utl_file.file_open THEN
    RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR (-20059, 'File Already Opened');
 WHEN utl_file.invalid_maxlinesize THEN
    RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20060,'Line Size Exceeds 32K');
 WHEN utl_file.invalid_filename THEN
    RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR (-20061, 'Invalid File Name');
 WHEN utl_file.access_denied THEN
    RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR (-20062, 'File Access Denied By');

 WHEN others THEN

    RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR (-20099, 'Unknown UTL_FILE Error'); END read_demo;
/

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Sorry for taking your valuable time.Thanks for spending your time. Waiting for your reply. Received on Sun Apr 03 2005 - 10:47:58 CEST