Working on moving some stored procedures from a 9i to an 11g system and I hit a
snag with regards to utl_file.
In my stored proc, I pull a path variable, ie, d:\level1\level2 for a root
level folder. Then, as the procedure goes through the motions, it tacks on
another level to this path based on some criteria. It then writes out a flat
text file to location d:\Level1\Level2\Level3.
When I tested this proc in my 11g, I kept getting an utl_file.invalid_path
error. I first took this as permissions based, but, when I gave everyone full
control of the destination folder, it still gave same error.
Created a simple proc to just open and close a file. Get the same error
regardless of where I point it. This code works perfect on the 9i, but not 11g.
A check of documents and online searching seems to point to the fact that you
can't pass UTL_FILE.FOPEN a qualified path name. You now have to create a
"Directory" object and give permssions to it, and use it as the Path.
Anyone confirm or deny?
