I created the following Oracle Directory csvDir:
create or replace directory csvDir as
'd:\oracle\oradata\external_data\downloadedFiles';
Now, how can I retrieve the path from this csvDir alias?
There should be some system table that stores this path.
That would be the ALL_DIRECTORIES view:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b28320/statviews_1075.htm#i1576965