OK. I saw the note. Thanks for clarifying that. I was very wrong. Sorry. So maybe you cannot create data files on mapped drive but you can write to it using utl$fie. Fenng <dbanotes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: HI,Joshi, Oracle CAN do that ! Please check metalink's note: 45172.1 On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 03:54:05 -0700 (PDT), A Joshi wrote: > > I do not think Oracle recognizes mapped drives. I was not able to create a > data file on mapped drive. Maybe you can test that by creating a small > tablespace with file on the mapped drive. If that works (I doubt it will) > then you can look at utl$file details. > Fenng 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. -- David Fenng dbanotes@xxxxxxxxx http://www.dbanotes.net some tips about Oracle RDBMS 8i/9i/10g (in Chinese) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------