File adapter polling and getting the file name

I have a requirement where I have to poll a file and dump the data into the DB. But while polling a file for a particular file name, I also need to get the name of the file to do some operations on the file. The file name should be passed from the adapter in order to do some operations based on the file name. Is it possible to get the file name by any chance?

Hi,
its easy to get the file name..by creating the variable for the fileAdapterInboundHeader.wsdl
just follow the below link.
http://abhishek-soablog.blogspot.com/2008/06/bpel-getting-file-name-from-file.html
Edited by: Oraacler on Mar 19, 2010 2:59 AM

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