Isn't JAVA supposed to be platform independent as well?? And NO there is no way in pl/sql. Raj ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------=20 Rajendra dot Jamadagni at nospamespn dot com=20 All Views expressed in this email are strictly personal.=20 select standard_disclaimer from company_requirements;=20 QOTD: Any clod can have facts, having an opinion is an art ! -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Srinivasan Vasan Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 11:13 AM To: 'oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: How to browse folders in PL/SQL Hi! All, Is there a way to find all the files in a directory/folder within PL/SQL (9.2.0.5) without using external procedure calls? Ideally, I want to loop through all the files in the directory performing some operation on each file. I can, of course, do this in UNIX by writing a shell script to generate the SQL to call the process for each file, but a pure PL/SQL implementation would be more elegant and would be platform independent. For the time being, I am using a Java procedure (courtesy Tom Kyte). Cheers,=20 Vasan.=20 ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------