(EPG Install) Error while loading image

Question

Hi,
I am facing "ORA-22288: file or LOB operation FILEOPEN failed" error while running apex_epg_config step. But all the steps before that (i.e. APEX Install [@apexins users users temp /i/] and change admin password) went all fine.
I am trying to install APEX 4.1 on "Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.2.0 - 64bit Production".
I went through [url https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=9673913]this thread. But I am not passing /apex directory (apex directory is under "C:/Ash/Technical/Database/Oracle/apex4.1") , here is the outcome:
C:\Ash\Technical\Database\Oracle\apex4.1\apex>
11:33:41 sys@dev10db> @apex_epg_config.sql C:/Ash/Technical/Database/Oracle/apex4.1
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.21
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.03
Directory created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.03
declare
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-22288: file or LOB operation FILEOPEN failed
No such file or directory
ORA-06512: at "SYS.XMLTYPE", line 296
ORA-06512: at line 18
Elapsed: 00:00:00.04
Commit complete.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.00
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
Elapsed: 00:00:01.14
declare
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-31001: Invalid resource handle or path name "/images"
ORA-06512: at "XDB.DBMS_XDB", line 473
ORA-06512: at line 37
Elapsed: 00:00:00.17
timing for: Load Images
Elapsed: 00:00:01.42
Session altered.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.00
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.48
Commit complete.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.01
Session altered.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.01
Directory dropped.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.07I am installing from my windows XP, but the db server is on Linux.
Error above (line 18) is actually on this line of "apex_epg_config_core.sql" (my db charset is UTF8)
filelist_xml xmltype := xmltype(bfilename(upload_directory_name,file_list),nls_charset_id('AL32UTF8'));
The error clearly suggest that the there is an issue with access my directory or file in that directory.
And I believe the 2nd error "ORA-31001: Invalid resource handle or path name "/images"", will go itself once the first one is resolved.
I went through the documentation and other forum threads, but I am stuck with this EPG install, it may be very silly thing that I may be missing, but any help in this matter would be highly appreciated.
Thanks,
Ash
Edited by: ash0602 on Sep 5, 2011 5:19 PM

Answer 1

Thanks Andy and Kiran for taking time to respond.
Andy, "@apex_epg_config.sql C:/Ash/Technical/Database/Oracle/" will not solve the problem, neither changing directory's name from apex4.1 to apex_4.1_en, as my directory structure till images is: "C:\Ash\Technical\Database\Oracle\apex4.1\apex\images".
Kiran, sorry but I do not understand the difference between what I have written what you mentioned above.
Though I understood the issue, when you see the apex underlying code (apex_epg_config_core.sql) it is actually creating a directory object ('APEX_IMAGES') in the database. While I was trying to refer the directory on my local windows PC ('C:\Ash\Technical\Database\Oracle\apex4.1\apex\images'). I then logged into the LINUX server and ran the command and it all went fine, see the response below:
SQL> @apex_epg_config /opt/oracle/product/11.2.0/db1
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
old   1: create directory APEX_IMAGES as '&1/apex/images'
new   1: create directory APEX_IMAGES as '/opt/oracle/product/11.2.0/db1/apex/images'
Directory created.
old  47:     if '&IMGUPG' != '' then
new  47:     if '' != '' then
old  48:         l_mv_folder := '&IMGUPG';
new  48:         l_mv_folder := '';
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
Commit complete.
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
timing for: Load Images
Elapsed: 00:00:31.78
Session altered.
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
Commit complete.
Session altered.
Directory dropped.Though I moved 1 step forward, but my apex login page (http://<server>:8080/apex/apex_admin => redirected to http://<server>:8080/apex/f?p=4550:10:<session>) refuse to come up as it is now showing "[url https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=1112378]apex is undefined" error.
I did the installation as [@apexins users users temp /i/] mentioned in the docs, and this is first install not the upgrade.
Any help on this ['apex' is undefined] (javascript error) would be really helpful.
Thanks,
Ash