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Can One Read/write Files From Pl/sql?

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INCLUDED in Oracle 7.3 is a UTL_FILE package that can read and write files. The directory you intend writing to has to be in your INIT.ORA file (see UTL_FILE_DIR=... parameter). Before Oracle 7.3 the only MEANS of writing a file was to USE DBMS_OUTPUT with the SQL*Plus SPOOL command.

DECLARE fileHandler UTL_FILE.FILE_TYPE; BEGIN fileHandler := UTL_FILE.FOPEN('/home/oracle/tmp','myoutput','W'); UTL_FILE.PUTF(fileHandler, 'Value of func1 is %sn',func1(1)); UTL_FILE.FCLOSE(fileHandler); END;

Included in Oracle 7.3 is a UTL_FILE package that can read and write files. The directory you intend writing to has to be in your INIT.ORA file (see UTL_FILE_DIR=... parameter). Before Oracle 7.3 the only means of writing a file was to use DBMS_OUTPUT with the SQL*Plus SPOOL command.



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