Create an ASCII file from pl/sql procedure

hello
I need to create a file starting from a pl/sql procedure launched by command line
I'll have my .sql file containing my procedure; I'll launch it via command line and it will create the ASCII file
In the procedure I'd like to use some stored procedures or functions
is all of this possible?

itmick wrote:
I need to create a file starting from a pl/sql procedure launched by command line
I'll have my .sql file containing my procedure; I'll launch it via command line and it will create the ASCII file
In the procedure I'd like to use some stored procedures or functions
is all of this possible?You could have the procedure code as well as invocation in your .sql file. In that case, launching the .sql file will
(a) compile your procedure and
(b) invoke it as well
Yes, the compiled procedure can invoke other stored procedures or functions.
To create the ASCII file, you could:
(a) use UTL_FILE supplied package in your procedure; this will create the ASCII file on the Oracle server, or
(b) have DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE calls in your procedure. When invoked from SQL*Plus, this will print out the lines on the SQL*Plus interface and you could spool it to a file on your client filesystem.
HTH,
isotope

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