Create XLS file of 12 lakhs rows stored into oracle database.

Question

Respected All,
   My requirement is :
Into my database , in one of my table has 12 lakhs rows. Now I want to create a PLSQL procedure which can convert all those rows into Microsoft .XLS file.
So I tried out with Procedure below : -
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE SCOTT.EMPLOYEE_REPORT(
DIR IN VARCHAR2, FILENAME IN VARCHAR2) IS
F UTL_FILE.FILE_TYPE;
    CURSOR AVG_CSR IS
    SELECT ENAME, DEPTNO, SAL
    FROM EMP;
BEGIN
F := UTL_FILE.FOPEN(DIR, FILENAME,'W');
UTL_FILE.PUT_LINE(F, 'REPORT GENERATED ON ' ||SYSDATE);
UTL_FILE.NEW_LINE(F);
FOR EMP IN AVG_CSR
LOOP
UTL_FILE.PUT_LINE(F,
RPAD(EMP.ENAME, 30) || ' ' ||
LPAD(NVL(TO_CHAR(EMP.DEPTNO,'9999'),'-'), 5) || ' ' ||
LPAD(TO_CHAR(EMP.SAL, '$99,999.00'), 12));
END LOOP;
UTL_FILE.NEW_LINE(F);
UTL_FILE.PUT_LINE(F, '*** END OF REPORT ***');
UTL_FILE.FCLOSE(F);
END EMPLOYEE_REPORT;
COMMAND TO EXECUTE THE PROCEDURE IS : - >
EXEC EMPLOYEE_REPORT('UTL_FILE','TEST.XLS')
   in this package , I used scott user table for the r & d.
While I execute this package , I got the error :
ORA-29280: invalid directory path
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_FILE", line 18
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_FILE", line 424
ORA-06512: at "SCOTT.EMPLOYEE_REPORT", line 8
ORA-06512: at line 1
   KINDLY HELP ME TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM
THANKS/ REGARDS
HARSH SHAH
URMIN GROUP OF COMPANIES

Answer 1

Hi,
first of all try to use international measures. Any time I see lakh I have to google to find what it is.
So you are trying to put in an Excel file 1.200.000 records (more than 1 million).
Actually even if you would produce such file Excel will not be able to load it.
Even in the latest version of Excel (2013) the maximum number of rows per sheet are 1,048,576 (source: Excel specifications and limits - Excel - Office.com).
So if you will try to load in Excel such a big file you will get an error.
And, as Blue has said, you are not producing an Excel file with your statement.
Regards.
Al