Creating Files Using PL/SQL?

Hi,
Is there a way to create a file using PL/Sql? It seems that the
utl_file package doesn't allow you to create a file. It only
allows you to read, write to a file that already exists there.
Thanks
Vic

Make sure the following is set in the init.ora:
UTL_FILE_DIR = /path/to/your/file/directory (for unix)
or
UTL_FILE_DIR = <drive>:\path\to\your\file\directory (for windows)

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by bhrigu nagal ([email protected]):
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