--- Jason Heinrich <jheinrich@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am attempting to create a function that will > return a string from a text > file, based on a user-specified delimiter such as a > page-break or "|" or > even "bob". As part of this process I am using > UTL_FILE.GET_RAW to read a > block of the file and converting it to text with > UTL_I18N.RAW_TO_CHAR. The > problem is, RAW_TO_CHAR converts DOS line breaks > (CRLF) into Unix line > breaks (LF), and I want to retain the original > intact. I've done some > hunting through the documentation and Google and so > far I haven't seen any > solutions, either to read the data for me or to > convert from raw to char > properly. > > So I have 2 questions: > 1) Is there something already freely available to > read a text file based on > a user-specified delimiter (am I reinventing the > wheel)? > 2) If not, does anyone know of a way to convert raw > data to text while > preserving line breaks? > > This seems like something basic, and that I'm > overlooking the obvious... Which Oracle Version is it? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l