I do not think Oracle recognizes mapped drives. I was not able to create a data file on mapped drive. Maybe you can test that by creating a small tablespace with file on the mapped drive. If that works (I doubt it will) then you can look at utl$file details. Fenng <dbanotes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:Hi,Abhishek, Do you have permissions on the driver ? Read & write permission ? And in Oracle 9iR1 and before, you should edit init.ora to set the utl_file_dir parameter in order to WRITE a file. On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 10:40:26 +0530, Abhishek Saxena wrote: > > Hi friends > I have one query about utl_file in Oracle. > Actually I want to write a file on map drive which is mapped to database > server but whenever I tried to write on this drive, it's give me "INVAID > OPERATION" error. > Do you have any ideas about how to write a file on map drive or is this > possible? > Otherwise I have to write a java program to transfer file from local drive to > map drive but it's long way, Could you please let me know, is this possible > to do using utl_file or not.If yes then inform me how to get it. > > Thanks and Regards, > Abhishek Saxena > KPIT Cummins Infosystem Limited > Mutha Symphony, Law college Road > Pune 411004 INDIA > Tel: +91-20-25458277 > cell: +91-20-33306103 > email:abhisheks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > -- David Fenng dbanotes@xxxxxxxxx http://www.dbanotes.net some tips about Oracle RDBMS 8i/9i/10g ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------