Create external file ........

Question

my system config: windows 7 and Oracle sql developer 11g.......
I can not create any kind of external file ........
pls help me with an example ,with below complete steps
1.create directory
2.grant directory
3.create with external file location

Answer 1

923746 wrote:
my system config: windows 7 and Oracle sql developer 11g.......Are you describing the configuration of the client machine? The server machine? Or are you running both the client and the database server on one machine?
1.create directory To create a directory object in Oracle
CREATE DIRECTORY directory_name
    AS '<<path on server to a directory that exists on the server>>'That assumes that the path you specify in the DDL already exists on the database server
2.grant directory
GRANT read ON directory_name TO user_name;
GRANT write ON directory_name TO user_name;
3.create with external file location
DECLARE
  l_file utl_file.file_type;
BEGIN
  l_file := utl_file.fopen( directory_name, file_name, 'w', 32767 );
  utl_file.put_line( l_file, 'Some text' );
  utl_file.fclose( l_file );
END;Justin