For a nice discussion/demo of DIRECTORY_OBJECTS, see
http://morganslibrary.org/reference/directories.html - which also has a
link tio discussion of UTL_FILE.
A directory object is owned by SYS. For any user running utl_file, the
directory object must be granted (eg: r/w) to that user. In Dan's
demos, that user is 'UWCLASS', the dir obj is 'ORALOAD', and it is
opened in various modes (including append-only)
HTH
/Hans - same disclaimer
On 2018-06-20 8:06 AM, Storey, Robert (DCSO) wrote:
I had not created a Directory_object.
As a test (before your email) I created a directory object called temp_dir pointing to the windows folder location. Replaced my ‘file path’ with the ‘temp_dir’ in the .fopen and I still get the invalid path errpr
*From:*oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Hans Forbrich
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*Subject:* Re: utl_file question
Sounds like the DIRECTORY_OBJECT (the object stored in the DB data dictionary that replaces the PATH in old versions of the DB) may not be correct, or permissions to the DIRECTORY_OBJECT may not have been GRANTED to the user running utl_file.
/Hans
Note: I work for Oracle. Opinions are my own, not my employers.
On 2018-06-20 7:31 AM, Storey, Robert (DCSO) wrote:
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?
