Directory object on $APPLCSF/$APPLOUT

Hi,
My requirement is to fetch a xml file from concurrent program output directory $APPLCSF/$APPLOUT and update some tables based on it.
In order to read the file I need to have a directory object created on the same.
Can I create a directory object on $APPLCSF/$APPLOUT?
Is this not recommended?
I just need to read it from a job submitted thru dbms_job.
Please let me know your views.
Thanks.
Edited by: Chit on Mar 15, 2012 2:10 AM

Chit wrote:
Okay. Here is my requirement.
I am in Oracle apps R12 and db 11g.
I have a concurrent program with no mandatory parameters.
I need to email POs to suppliers. I am using BIPublisher for it. I should not email POs twice.
For this I have done the following:
Written a PLSQL code which will
1. Generate xml for bursting
2. Launch bursting program
So far so good. Now when it comes to duplicate email handling part, the complexity comes in.
I need to do the following for it.
1. Generate xml for bursting - parent request
2. Launch bursting program - child request
3. Wait for bursting program to complete - parent request
4. Fetch the xml status file generated by bursting report, and update the POs with bursting report status. - parent request
Since step3 waits for step2 to complete, step2 always fails with 'File o1234.out is not accessible'. I can understand that since parent is not complete (and whose out file is locked) and child is requesting for parent's out file, it errors.
So I thought of handling step 3 and 4 thru dbms_job, so that step2 completes successfully.
For step4, I need to access the out file of step2, for which I need a directory object created on $APPLCSF/$APPLOUT which will allow me to read that file and update the status back.
Please let me know if you need more info.Why is your directory name specified with environment variables?

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Figure 1．
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4. To import the export file(s) to another Integration Directory, first copy or move it to the import directory of the target directory.
5. Call the configuration maintenance screen of the Integration Builder for the target directory. Choose Tools ® Import Configuration Objects...
6. Select the export file saved in the import directory by using the dialog box that appears.
If the import is successful, the export file is moved to the subdirectory /xi/directory_server/importedFiles. The objects are not activated when they are imported into the target directory. They are visible in the change list of the user who imported them.
7. Check the imported objects in the change list and adjust the configuration data to match your system landscape, if necessary.
8. Activate the change list that contains the imported objects.

Create directory object on a client machine

hey guys .. can i craete a directory object on a different machine_that is connected to the network_ other than the server machine from where i run the em?
& if so , how do i provide its path through the em?

If it is on the machine where EM Agent is installed, this may be possible. You can create a job (using OSCommand command). As part of the OS Command job, you can do 'mkdir'. Ofcourse, you will need to provide EM Agent credentials.

BFILENAME and Directory object

Hi, I have a question about BFILENAME function. I can't find any other multimedia related topic so I decide to post it here, please help if you know the answer.
I have following procedure:
PROCEDURE test
(name IN varchar2:= 'a.jpg' )
IS
v_pix_source BFILE;
BEGIN
v_pix_source := BFILENAME('C_TEMP', name);
IF DBMS_LOB.FILEEXISTS(v_pix_source) = 1
THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('EXIST');
ELSE
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('NOT EXIST');
END IF;
END test;
C_TEMP IS A DIRECTORY object WITH PATH 'c:\temp\' .
I keep getting 'NOT EXIST' when I call this procedure while the jpg file is there. I have tried 'c:\temp' too but it didn't work either.
But this does work:
INSERT INTO lob_table
VALUES(1, bfilename('c:\temp\','a.jpg'));
So it seems that the directory object is giving me trouble. This has nothing to do with privileges because I am using a DBA account to run the procedure.
Any help will be appreciated!
null

I don't know if a DBA account has the read directory privilege for directories that he didn't create. Try grnting the read directory privilege to the user.
SQL> grant read on directory C_TEMP to my_user;
null

Unable to activate PI - Integration Directory Objects

Hi Guys,
i am unable to activate PI - Integration Directory Objects.
when i'm trying to activate its taking too much time,then no response.
can any one pls help me on how to resolve this issue.
Thanks,
Siva.

Hi Siva,
Check with your basis guys.
In most cases, this is due to memory overflow error. They should free the memory which some interface or logs is holding up.
Most of these problems are solved by simply restart of the server.
I strongly suspect that some log file might be growing which would have consumed all memory.
Regards
Krish.

Transporting Integration Directory objects between N and N+1 landscapes

I have a question regarding the transport of Integration Directory objects.
We are implementing N+1 PI 7.3 (java only) Development and QA systems. The N+1 PI systems are a copy of the Production Support (N) PI Development and QA systems. As part of the N+1 build we will also configure the business systems in the SLD for this landscape. Is it possible to transport objects from the "N" landscape into the "N+1" landscape? These changes would only be new objects that would not overwrite anything in N+1. For anything that is also being changed in N+1 we would perform manually. Is there anything special needed when setting up the business system in the SLD for this scenario?
Thanks!

Thanks Barry
That menu option is available to me too but there is no option to use CTS+ in the pull down list.
I can't visit imageshack from work so I can't see your screenshot but I'd bet you have the option to export using "Open CTS+ Organizer" on the first menu too - I don't.
I've obviously got some config missing but, given I can transport ESR and SLD objects, I'm struggling to know what.
Edited by: Murray Nicholas on Sep 3, 2010 12:39 PM

Setting up directory object for emailing attachments

Hi,
I am having trouble trying to send emails with attachments. I have downloaded and created the the demo_mail package and the pdf_mail procedure. I also have the send_email_attach procedure using utl_mail.
I am not sure, or familiar on setting up the directory object. I don't have privileges to do this so I need to understand exactly what needs to be done so I could relay it to my dba.
In the Send_email_attach procedure there is this code
"fHandle := UTL_FILE.FOPEN('/Source/Apps/prod/reports', 'mypdf.pdf', 'r');" I put the directory path the file is in as the first argument and the name of my pdf in the second one. When I run it, it gives me an error:
ORA-20001: The following error has occured : ORA-29280: invalid directory path
I'm thinking I need the directory object in the first argument? Is this correct. And then do I put the file in the directory path that the directory object points to? and keep as the second argument?
using the pdf_mail procedure it sends the email but the attachment in the email is bad. Acrobat just says: Acrobat reader could not open '~6034454.pdf' because it is either not a supported file type or because the file has been damaged (for example, it was sent as an email attachment and wasn't correctly formated).
This is the code I use to call it:
pdf_mail('myemail',
'another email',
'This is a test',
'Hope it works',
'/Data/oracle/product/10g__BI/tools/web/icons/myicons/mypdf.pdf',
EMPTY_BLOB());
I am not sure what to put in the last two arguments. In the next to last argument I put the path where the file is and in the last argument I put EMPTY_BLOB() call. If I put the name of the pdf in quotes it gives me an error ORA-06550: wrong number or types of arguments in call to pdf_mail.
I'm not sure how to reference the files or the directory.
any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks

You need to use a directory object to do this properly. If you don't have privileges then get them...
The UTL_FILE_DIR parameter has been deprecated by oracle in favour of direcory objects because of it's security problems.
The correct thing to do is to create a directory object e.g.:
CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY mydir AS 'c:\myfiles';Note: This does not create the directory on the file system. You have to do that yourself and ensure that oracle has permission to read/write to that file system directory.
Then, grant permission to the users who require access e.g....
GRANT READ,WRITE ON DIRECTORY mydir TO myuser;Then use that directory object inside your FOPEN statement e.g.
fh := UTL_FILE.FOPEN('MYDIR', 'myfile.txt', 'r');Note: You MUST specify the directory object name in quotes and in UPPER case for this to work as it is a string that is referring to a database object name which will have been stored in uppercase by default.

How to get file names for one oracle directory object.

Hi all ,
I defined one oracle directory object . Now I want to know how many files stored under this object in physical directory and their names ? anyone know how to do it by pl/sql ?
Thanks,
George

Chris Poole has an [XUTIL_FINDFILES package|http://www.chrispoole.co.uk/apps/xutlff.htm] which can do this in pure SQL. It does require, though, that your DBA install code in the SYS schema and that you rely on the behavior of an undocumented X$ table. That may not be possible in certain environments.
I personally prefer a small Java stored procedure along the lines of [this one from Tom Kyte|http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/asktom/f?p=100:11:0::::P11_QUESTION_ID:439619916584]. It isn't a pure PL/SQL solution, but it tends to fit relatively cleanly in any environment. Most DBAs will be willing to grant the privileges this sort of approach requires where they would be hesitant to grant the access necessary for XUTIL_FINDFILES.
Justin

Error during Directory Objects Import

Hello,
I am facing an error while importing Directory objects as
Import Failed due to Business system Transfer of Objects.
Obligatory Transport Target Business system not found in Systtem Landscape
Directory. Please advise what could be the issue.
Mohit

Mohit,
In order to transport objects in the Directory, the SLD has to contain information on transport targets. This information is needed to replace systems in your transport source with their equivalent in the transport target environment. For instance, if your transport comes from development and contains a receveir determination for an IDoc coming from your ERP system called 'DEV', XI will try to replace the system 'DEV' with the equivalent in your acceptance environment ('ACC'). This informantion needs to be entered in the SLD. See [Configuring Groups and Transport Targets|http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/ef/a21e3e0987760be10000000a114084/frameset.htm] for more information.
Kind regards,
Koen

Oracle DIRECTORY object and subdirectories

As you know, in 9i the use of the UTL_FILE_DIR is being deprecated in favour of Oracle DIRECTORY objects. This is fine for security reasons and administration but there seems to be a problem with subdirectories.
The situation: we are generating literally millions of files using UTL_FILE. These files are going to be stored in one of forty thousand directories (the precise directory is derived from parsing the file's key ID).
In the old days access could be granted simply by setting the UTL_FILE_DIR parameter to /<root>/dir/*
As far as I can see, the Oracle DIRECTORY does not support subdirectories. Is there any way of avoiding the creation of forty thousand CREATE DIRECTORY statements and a concommitant number of GRANT statements?
Oracle 9.2, any suggestions gratefully received.
Cheers, APC

Just curious Andrew-- are there things in the UTL_FILE package that you don't find implemented better in Java's I/O classes? I wouldn't claim to be the world's leading expert on Java I/O, so I won't comment on the specifics of this. Generally I think using Java to re-write a piece of existing native functionality is a hard one to sell:
(1) Java tends to run slower than native code
(2) It's a chunk of work, and my PM is already breathing down my neck.
However, I might do this as a hobby project. If I do, I'll let you know how it turns out :)
Cheers, APC

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