Re: Re: reading an external file

"[email protected]" <[email protected]> Thu, 6 Feb 2003 17:07:15 +0000 (UTC)
Newsgroups gmane.comp.db.oracle.devel
Message-ID <LYRIS-1796914-863946-2003.02.06-17.06.04--gcdod-oracle#[email protected]>
One more thing : with the UTL file utitlity of oracle 8i you could only read files on local discs. 

Mapped network drives where not accessible...

I don't know if this changed in 9i 

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 "Oracle" <[email protected]> wrote:
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>You can read an external file, you need to make sure you add a line to the 
>INIT.ORA file that will be the access path to those files.
>
>EXAMPLES:
>
>A single directory:
>UTL_FILE_DIR=/kuepper2/conslutling/csc/tobt
>Mulitple Directories:
>UTL_FILE_DIR=(/kuepper2/consulting/csc/tobt,/tmp,/usr/users/leng)
>Any directory that the Oracle owner has read or write permissions:
>UTL_FILE_DIR=*
>
>
>After you add this to the INIT.ORA file you can use the UTL_FILE 
>procedures.
>> Hi!
>
>> I am working on an EDI situation, and I need PL/Sql to read data from a 
>f> ile (.txt for example) which is external to the Oracle databases. The 
>P> l/Sql would then INSERT into the tables. I can't figure out how to get 
>t> his to work, I keep getting a 'table not found' error. Any ideas?
>
>> Thanks,
>G> reg
>g> [email protected]
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