Create directory utl_file errors

Question

I thought that I would be able to answer my problem with all the help I've seen online. I don't seem to be able to.
I have the following code (snippet) below from my procedure:
v_file varchar2(100);
v_direc constant varchar2(30) := 'c:\output\';
v_testfile UTL_FILE.FILE_TYPE;
BEGIN
v_testfile := utl_file.fopen('C:\output', 'JohnsUIICounts.txt', 'w');
open csr_uii;
loop
fetch csr_uii into csr_uii_a, csr_uii_b, csr_uii_c, csr_uii_d;
exit when csr_uii%NOTFOUND;
utl_file.put_line(v_testfile, csr_uii_a || ' ' || csr_uii_b || ' '|| csr_uii_c || ' '|| csr_uii_d);
end loop;
I logged on to SQL Developer and did:
CREATE DIRECTORY V_DIREC AS 'C:\output\';
GRANT WRITE ON DIRECTORY V_DIREC TO PUBLIC;
I got the message back that the directory was created. When I go to the c:\ drive, I don't see the directory.
Any ideas? I've gone through all sorts of iterations like changing the drive from c to e, different folder names, upper and lower case, nothing works.
Victoria

Answer 1

Thanks. Now that I understand that, I created the directory on the server. I reran the code. I'm still getting:
ORA-29280: invalid directory path
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_FILE", line 33
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_FILE", line 436
I notice that on the Windows Server, when I create the directory (as an admin user), I check on the properties, and it keeps staying read only. I can modify it, but the change doesn't save. I heard something about group permissions. Is it possible that the problem is because of permissions on the server? I would think that might be the real problem at this point.
Thanks,
Victoria
Edited by: user3804901 on May 20, 2009 4:31 AM