Question

I tried to create a file using Oracle UTL_FILE.FOPEN command but i get this error.
Is there an alternative?

log_file:=UTL_FILE.FOPEN("P:\Documentation\Project Team\SA\CSR_Documentation\SHR-10500",'outputforDeleteStudentGroup.txt', 'W');

I dont want to say create or replace directory because the directory already exists.

Please suggest.

Thanks,
Sriram

Answer 1

CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY does not create a directory at the operating system level. It creates an Oracle directory object. You want to create an Oracle directory object that points to a directory at the operating system level. You could potentially go with the very old-school approach of modifying the UTL_FILE_DIR initialization parameter to include P:\Documentation\Project Team\SA\CSR_Documentation\SHR-10500 and reboot the database but that is not something that I would recommend.

The first parameter to UTL_FILE.FOPEN should be a string which means that it should be enclosed in single quotes not double quotes.

Is the P:\ drive something that exists on the database server’s file system? Or is it a network drive that gets mounted by the database server? Or is it a directory that is available to the client?