Error while querying the external tables in 9i

Question

i am working on a project on Oracle 9iR2 on Linux AS 3.0, i am in urgent need to port my data in text files for using in the DB
I have created an external table using the following script. While executing a query it gives the following error. Pls Hlp
create table ap_info_ex
     (ser_no number(7),
     no_of_sps number(1),
     hpy_liq_mm number(2),
     rmp_rnk_cd number(1),
     ir number(3),
     dps_flg varchar2(1))
organization external
(type oracle_loader
     default directory aps_jul
     access parameters (records delimited by newline
                    fields terminated by ","
                    (sno char,
                    no_sps char,
                    hpy_mm char,
                    rmp_rnk char,
                    ir char,
                    dpsflg char))
location ('info.txt'));
Table has been created successfully
but when i execute a query say
select * from ap_info_ex;
THIS IS THE ERROR MESSAGE I AM GETTING
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-29913: error in executing ODCIEXTTABLEOPEN callout
ORA-29400: data cartridge error
KUP-04063: unable to open log file AP_INFO_EX_6151.log
OS error Permission denied
ORA-06512: at "SYS.ORACLE_LOADER", line 14
ORA-06512: at line 1
hope you would help me. i am greateful for that.

Answer 1

Arun,
Here are the things you could do.
1. You may want to specify a logfile in your access parameters using the command 'logfile'.
For example,
logfile 'info.log'. You could create the file in advance and provide appropriate permissions to the operating system user(In unix, I use the commands 'touch' and 'chmod').
2. You could specify the command
'NOLOGFILE' in your access parameters.
3. Provide permissions for the user to create files in the folder associated with the directory object 'aps_jul'.