Get status of external file

Hey all,
In my current project I need to create a listen folder that will wait for .zip file to show up in the folder then I need to unzip them and then work with the files that were unzipped.
The issue that I am running into is that I can't figure out when the zip file has finished copying to the listen folder. My first thought was to just check the file size until it stopped changing but I keep getting the full size of the file returned to me even while it is still copying.
So does anyone know how I can figure out when the file has finished copying?
Thanks in advance for any help on this,
Jeremy

If you look at buddyAPI's file copy with progress command then you might realize that in order to get the progress on copying a file (an asynchronous process) you have to have access to that process/thread. Based off what you're describing, the process of a file that's copying into this folder of yours is occurring outside of your projector's control, so you are not likely going to be able to monitor it's progress.
On top of all that I mentioned above, your description of other copying files to a folder sounds suspiciously like one of two things:
1. Users on the same network copying files to a central file server or a computer acting as a file server.
2. A web-based shockwave project.
Indicating which of the two it is will definitely change the possible solution.
Lastly, the simplest method I can come up with to monitor the file copy process you might have to develop a client application that the users will have to use in order to copy the files to your folder. That way the client app could write to a file in the same folder after the copying is done to indicate that it's done and your app can monitor the folder and that file for file copy status.

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OK. But that implies that there is an error message in the log file. What is the error message?
-- the message is pointing to the previous column even though there is valid data:
Sample data:
The 1st and 3rd rows are getting inserted but 2nd row is rejected.
LineNumber#|#CEID#|#SessionId#|#ReqDate#|#APC#|#CTC#|#LangCode#|#DestProdCode#|#EPCode#|#EPActionCode#|#DeviceCode#|#BswrName#|#BwsrVer#|#BwsrUserAgent#|#Platform#|#NoofItems#|#UserID#|#Namespace#|#AcctNum#|#Email_address#|#FolderID#|#FolderName#|#FolderType#|#EMFormat#|#EMDeliveryType#|#EMDisposition#|#EMLinkType#|#EMSLID#|#EMRAID#|#EMVWID#|#EMListType#|#NLID#|#NLName#|#NLEID#|#NLEName#|#NLFormat#|#NLLinkType#|#NLTMPL#|#NLCSTM#|#NLDOPT#|#RDREmail#|#RDRFname#|#RDRLName#|#RDRCompname#|#WDID#|#WDName#|#WDORGUID#|#WDORGNS#|#WDDomain#|#WDDOPT#|#WDFldrCount#|#WDArticleView#|#RSSFeed#|#RSSType#|#HomePage#|#AId#|#AName#|#AType#|#DMD#|#LinkType#|#AOPT
4144#|#312010576517717406#|#27139ZzZKJHEQT2CAAAGUAYAAAAAQDLJAAAAAABSGAYTEMBVGAZDCMRTG4ZTENRT#|#20120502163835.1502#|#T#|#D#|#en#|#F.COM#|#AE#|#AV#|#D#|#IE#|#7.0#|#Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; GTB7.3; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.2; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E)#|#WinXP#|##|#FP181483#|#26#|#9ERN000800#|##|#301104820#|#Competitors Português#|#GBL#|#ht#|#sch#|#inl#|#sa#|##|##|##|##|##|##|##|##|#ht#|#sa#|##|##|##|##|##|##|##|##|##|##|##|##|##|##|##|##|##|##|#30114820#|#Competitors Português#|##|##|#sa#|#
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****** The FileName is Action_20120502_141003_fodsapp2_Rejected.dat ******
LOG file opened at 05/03/12 00:56:01
Field Definitions for table EXT_TABLE_ACTION
Record format DELIMITED BY NEWLINE
Data in file has same endianness as the platform
Rows with all null fields are accepted
Fields in Data Source:
    LINENUMBER                      CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    CEID                            CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    SESSIONID                       CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    REQDATE                         CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    APC                             CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    CTC                             CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    LANGCODE                        CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    DESTPRODCODE                    CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    EPCODE                          CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    EPACTIONCODE                    CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    DEVICECODE                      CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    BWSRNAME                        CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    BWSRVER                         CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    BWSRUSERAGENT                   CHAR (2000)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    BWSRPLATFORM                    CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    NOOFITEMS                       CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    USERID                          CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    NAMESPACE                       CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    ACCTNUM                         CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    EMAIL_ADDRESS                   CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    FOLDERID                        CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    FOLDERNAME                      CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    FOLDERTYPE                      CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    EMFORMAT                        CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    EMDELIVERYTYPE                  CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    EMDISPOSITION                   CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
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    EMLINKTYPE                      CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    EMSLID                          CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    EMALID                          CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    EMVWID                          CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    EMLISTTYPE                      CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    NLID                            CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    NLNAME                          CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    NLEID                           CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    NLENAME                         CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    NLFORMAT                        CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    NLLINKTYPE                      CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    NLTMPL                          CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
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    NLCSTM                          CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    NLDOPT                          CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    RDREMAIL                        CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    RDRFNAME                        CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    RDRLNAME                        CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    RDRCOMPNAME                     CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    WDID                            CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    WDNAME                          CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    WDORGUID                        CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    WDORGNS                         CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    WDDOMAIN                        CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    WDDOPT                          CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    WDFLDRCOUNT                     CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
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    WDARTICLEVIEW                   CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    RSSFEED                         CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    RSSTYPE                         CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    HOMEPAGE                        CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    ASSETID                         CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    ASSETNAME                       CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    ASSETTYPE                       CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    DISSEMINATIONMTHD               CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    LINKTYPE                        CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
    AOPT                            CHAR (255)
      Terminated by "#|#"
      Enclosed by "#$" and "$#"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader
error processing column ASSETID in row 2 for datafile /ODS/data/work/ACTION.dat
ORA-01722: invalid numberEdited by: Chaitanya on May 2, 2012 10:17 PM

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http://prasadbabu.blogspot.com
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/1b/e81c3b84e65e7be10000000a11402f/frameset.htm
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This widget is complete garbage, though – it is a nauseating nightmare of extreme over-design at the expense of even basic usability:
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(The '$' is supposed to be Terminal's bash prompt – type in only the rest of the respective line.)
$ /Applications/MacpowerAP/GetSMART 1
29 50 13 8
53 67 645 15829
52 53 90 7105
51 52 18 13
Each line reports the following for one connected enclosure:
[temp] [maxtemp] [cycles] [hours]
The drives are reported first USB, then FireWire drives, each in the order of first connection / mounting.
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WD-WCA**************
WDC WD30EZRX-00MMMB0
5TE09***************
ST31000333AS-00MMMB0
5TE09***************
ST31000333AS-00MMMB0
WD-WMA**************
WDC WD30EZRS-00J99B0
Each drive gets two lines reported, first the drive's serial number ("***" blocking out my exact ones), then the drive model.
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29 50 13 8
WD-WCA**************
WDC WD30EZRX-00MMMB0
53 67 645 15829
5TE09***************
ST31000333AS-00MMMB0
52 53 90 7105
5TE09***************
ST31000333AS-00MMMB0
51 52 18 13
WD-WMA**************
WDC WD30EZRS-00J99B0
This combines both of the above.
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disk4
disk1
disk2
disk3
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USB
1394
1394
1394
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MPT934DS1.20.0104.00
MPT934DS1.20.0104.00
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These are the commands I know about, and they apply only to the "Smart AP" software supplied with current inXtron enclosures, but it may be possible that other brands use it as well.
I have not been able to identify information about the self-test (early(?) failure warning), but it might be contained as well in the data reported above.
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Maybe this can help some people getting the information they need; And maybe there are similar capabilities with other enclosures. At the very least it demonstrates that with the proper firmware in the enclosures themselves and some software on the Mac it IS possible to get at least some of the SMART information from the drive in an external FireWire- or USB-connected enclosure.
None of that is fed into the system's "official" SMART mechanism, though, so no luck using standard mechanisms or applications for it. It's strictly a command-line affair (deservedly disregarding the mishappen Widget).
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Using RH 8.02 and converting linked Word docs (Word 2002) to WebHelp. These are policies and procedures that reference external documents.
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The referenced file is an external file, and I don't want to add it to RH because it may be updated; I just want to link to it so that a user gets the latest version.
When I update the HTML files in RH I see this in my HTML file:
<a href="file:////terminus/avbase_techsupport/av-base documents/supportmaster/documentationshare/relateddocs/reldoc1.doc">Related Doc 1</a>
This is the correct absolute path for the referenced file. Note the file://// prefix, with four forward slashes.
When I generate WebHelp, the link doesn't work. Nothing happens.
I tried the following:
1. Copied the whole path into my Windows Start > Run box and hit Enter. Nothing happens.
2. Removed two of the forward slashes and copied it again into the Run box. Now the file opens in Word.
I also tried removing the hyperlinks from the Word docs and adding them through RH instead. Same result.
Why does RH add four forward slashes to the prefix? What can I do to get these external links working?
Thanks for your help.
Roger Shuttleworth
London, Canada

Hello Peter
I apologize for taking so long to respond. I just received a new computer with Vista and have had to set it up. Here is what happens:
1. In Word, I have a doc policy1.doc that contains a hyperlink to reldoc1.doc. The two files are in different folders. When I insert the link, Word shows it as a relative path ../RelatedDocs/reldoc1.doc. When I hover over it in the Word doc, it shows as an absolute path starting with file:///\\theserver, etc.
2. My RH project includes policy1.doc but not reldoc1.doc. I update policy1.doc in RH. In the HTML topic file (HTML view) the link is:
<a href="file:////theserver/path/reldoc1.doc">Link text</a>. Note the four forward slashes.
3. I save all project files and generate WebHelp.
4. In the resultant web page (in Firefox), I click the link in policy1 and nothing happens. The status bar shows the path the same as above.
5. I navigate to the output !SSL! and find the index page, and open it in Internet Explorer 8. The link shows in the status bar as file://theserver/path/reldoc1.doc, and when clicked IE opens the Word doc.
So in this case Firefox doesn't open the link but IE does.
Here is another scenario:
1. I have no links in myWord docs.
2. I generate topic files in RH using the linked Word docs.
3. In RH, in the HTML file for policy1 (policy1.htm) I add a link to reldoc1.doc. I choose the file protocol. RH asks me if I want to copy the doc into the project folder, and I say No.
4. I check the HTML for policy1.htm and see that it has the link as follows:
<a href="file://J:/Documents/rest of folder path/RelDoc1.doc">Related Doc 1</a>
(Going to Hyperlink Properties shows the same path.) Note the two forward slashes.
5. I save all files in the project and click Generate Primary Layout (which is WebHelp). A dialog asks if I want to update <some file or other, but I can't see which one because that darned dialog box is too small, but I expect it's policy1.htm>.
6. I say No. The output is generated and I view it in Firefox. The link works and has a path in the status bar as:
<a href="file://J:/Documents/rest of folder path/RelDoc1.doc">Related Doc 1</a>
Note the three forward slashes.
7. I view the index.htm file in IE and it works.
As a variant of the above, instead of saying No when asked if I want to update the file, I say Yes.
1.The HTML of policy1.htm now shows the link as:
<a href="file:////server/rest of path/reldoc1.doc">Related Doc 1</a>
Note the four forward slashes again.
2. The link is as shown in the status bar of Firefox is now set to:
<a href="file:////server/rest of path/reldoc1.doc">Related Doc 1</a>
It doesn't work.
2. The same link shown in IE status bar has two forward slashes (even though the source has four), and it works.
So in answer to your question, the link definitely changes within RH. The two browsers deal with things differently, with IE seeing a file://// link as file://.
Incidentally, I did some research on the file:// protocol and came up with:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_:_Issues_:_Links_to_Local_Pages_Don%27t_Work
The answer seems to be:
1. Add the links within RH.
2. Don't update when generating output.
3. If possible, get users to use IE instead of FF.
Either way, it's not very satisfactory for my purposes.
Regards,
Roger

Updating certain rows of table by external file??

Hello gentlemen,
I need your help.I have a very large table.I need to update certain rows of table every day(around 200 per day)
I would like by using an external file (.csv or .txt) to update certain column on the 200 rows i have in the external file.
Can this be done?Do i need to write down a pl/sql procedure?Please help.I am a newbie to pl/sql but it will save me much time every day if i manage to do this.
Thank you in advance for your help.

I made a first attempt to create the external table from a .txt file.
I used the below:
CREATE TABLE pol_test
(STATUS VARCHAR2(30 CHAR),
ASFAL VARCHAR2(20 CHAR)
ORGANIZATION EXTERNAL
(TYPE ORACLE_LOADER
DEFAULT DIRECTORY def_dir1
ACCESS PARAMETERS
(RECORDS DELIMITED BY STRING
FIELDS (STATUS VARCHAR2(30 CHAR),
ASFAL VARCHAR2(20 CHAR)
LOCATION ('C:\Users\t.christopoulos\Desktop\TEST.TXT')
I get the below error :
Error report:
SQL Error: ORA-06564: object DEF_DIR1 does not exist
06564. 00000 - "object %s does not exist"
*Cause: The named object could not be found. Either it does not exist
or you do not have permission to access it.
*Action: Create the object or get permission to access it.
I suppose that it goes to create the directory on the server where i dont have access.I run these commands from my desktop using SQL developer.

Reading the Blob and writing it to an external file in an xml tree format

Hi,
We have a table by name clarity_response_log and content of the column(Response_file) is BLOB and we have xml file or xml content in that column. Most probably the column or table may be having more than 5 records and hence we need to read the corresponding blob content and write to an external file.
CREATE TABLE CLARITY_RESPONSE_LOG
REQUEST_CODE NUMBER,
RESPONSE_FILE BLOB,
DATE_CRATED DATE NOT NULL,
CREATED_BY NUMBER NOT NULL,
UPDATED_BY NUMBER DEFAULT 1,
DATE_UPDATED VARCHAR2(20 BYTE) DEFAULT SYSDATE
)The xml content in the insert statement is very small because of some reason and cannot be made public and indeed we have a very big xml file stored in the BLOB column or Response_File column
Insert into CLARITY_RESPONSE_LOG
 (REQUEST_CODE, RESPONSE_FILE, DATE_CRATED, CREATED_BY, UPDATED_BY, DATE_UPDATED)
Values
 (5, '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml-response><phone-number>1212121212</tracking-number></xml-response>', TO_DATE('09/23/2010 09:01:34', 'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS'), 1, 1, '23-SEP-10');
Insert into CLARITY_RESPONSE_LOG
 (REQUEST_CODE, RESPONSE_FILE, DATE_CRATED, CREATED_BY, UPDATED_BY, DATE_UPDATED)
Values
 (6, '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml-response><phone-number>1212121212</tracking-number></xml-response>', TO_DATE('09/23/2010 09:01:34', 'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS'), 1, 1, '23-SEP-10');
Insert into CLARITY_RESPONSE_LOG
 (REQUEST_CODE, RESPONSE_FILE, DATE_CRATED, CREATED_BY, UPDATED_BY, DATE_UPDATED)
Values
 (7, '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml-response><phone-number>1212121212</tracking-number></xml-response>', TO_DATE('09/23/2010 09:01:34', 'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS'), 1, 1, '23-SEP-10');
Insert into CLARITY_RESPONSE_LOG
 (REQUEST_CODE, RESPONSE_FILE, DATE_CRATED, CREATED_BY, UPDATED_BY, DATE_UPDATED)
Values
 (8, '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml-response><phone-number>1212121212</tracking-number></xml-response>', TO_DATE('09/23/2010 09:01:34', 'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS'), 1, 1, '23-SEP-10');
Insert into CLARITY_RESPONSE_LOG
 (REQUEST_CODE, RESPONSE_FILE, DATE_CRATED, CREATED_BY, UPDATED_BY, DATE_UPDATED)
Values
 (9, '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml-response><phone-number>1212121212</tracking-number></xml-response>', TO_DATE('09/23/2010 09:01:34', 'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS'), 1, 1, '23-SEP-10');THe corresponding proc for reading the data and writing the data to an external file goes something like this
SET serveroutput ON
DECLARE
 vstart NUMBER := 1;
 bytelen NUMBER := 32000;
 len NUMBER;
 my_vr RAW (32000);
 x NUMBER;
 l_output UTL_FILE.FILE_TYPE;
BEGIN
-- define output directory
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 vstart := 1;
 bytelen := 32000;
---get the Blob locator
 FOR rec IN (SELECT response_file vblob
 FROM clarity_response_log
 WHERE TRUNC (date_crated) = TRUNC (SYSDATE - 1))
 LOOP
--get length of the blob
len := DBMS_LOB.getlength (rec.vblob);
 DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE (len);
 x := len;
---- If small enough for a single write
IF len < 32760
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 UTL_FILE.FFLUSH (l_output);
 ELSE
-------- write in pieces
 vstart := 1;
 WHILE vstart < len AND bytelen > 0
 LOOP
 DBMS_LOB.READ (rec.vblob, bytelen, vstart, my_vr);
 UTL_FILE.put_raw (l_output, my_vr);
 UTL_FILE.FFLUSH (l_output);
---------------- set the start position for the next cut
 vstart := vstart + bytelen;
---------- set the end position if less than 32000 bytes
 x := x - bytelen;
 IF x < 32000
 THEN
 bytelen := x;
 END IF;
 UTL_FILE.NEW_LINE (l_output);
 END LOOP;
----------------- --- UTL_FILE.NEW_LINE(l_output);
 END IF;
 END LOOP;
 UTL_FILE.FCLOSE (l_output);
END;The above code works well and all the records or xml contents are being written simultaneously adjacent to each other but we each records must be written to a new line or there must be a line gap or a blank line between any two records
the code which I get is as follow all all xml data comes on a single line
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><emp><empno>7369</empno><ename>James</ename><job>Manager</job><salary>1000</salary></emp><?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><emp><empno>7370</empno><ename>charles</ename><job>President</job><salary>500</salary></emp>But the code written to an external file has to be something like this.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<emp>
<empno>7369</empno>
<ename>James</ename>
<job>Manager</job>
<salary>1000</salary>
</emp>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<emp>
<empno>7370</empno>
<ename>charles</ename>
<job>President</job>
<salary>500</salary>
</emp>Please advice

What was wrong with the previous answers given on your other thread:
Export Blob data to text file(-29285-ORA-29285: file write error)
If there's a continuing issue, stay with the same thread, don't just ask the same question again and again, it's really Pi**es people off and causes confusion as not everyone will be familiar with what answers you've already had. You're just wasting people's time by doing that.
As already mentioned before, convert your BLOB to a CLOB and then to XMLTYPE where it can be treated as XML and written out to file in a variety of ways including the way I showed you on the other thread.
You really seem to be struggling to get the worst possible way to work.

I accidentally formatted my portable hard drive when setting it up for time machine. Is there any way for me to get back my lost files?

I have an external hard drive of the brand Western Digital.
Before I got my iMac I moved a lot of my important files from my PC to the hard drive and today I went on and connected it to my iMac to move my files over to it.
When it had connected a window popped up that asked if I wanted to use this hard drive with the program Time Machine and create backups. Without thinking it trough enough and reading the warning properly (I'm stupid I know) I clicked "yes". I then realised how stupid it was and cancelled the formatting of the hard drive. But somehow the program still managed to delete all my important files and can't find any way to get them back. Neither can I connect the hard drive to my PC anymore so I can't check if the files are still there (which I doubt they are since I can't see them on my iMac either).
And now I wonder: is there any way for me to get back my lost files or are they lost forever?
Thank you in advance!
//Gina

A data recovery specialist or some data recovery programs should be able to help. Most format simply rewrite the directory tree saying no files are on this disk. The bits that represent the files are still flipped appropreiately so they still exists, you just don't have the location info to get at them. Secure formats and erases rewrite each bit to a zero or 1 or random so the data is then truely gone. This type of format takes a long time to complete.
I'm not making a recomendation of a particular program but here is one company that does what you ask:
http://www.remosoftware.com/mac-recovery The cost is pretty high but I'm sure they don't sell many copies and need to cover their development costs.
Good luck and don't write anything on the freshly formatted disk until you decide what to do.

When trying to 'Consolidate Files' via iTunes I get the message "Copying files failed. The name was invalid or too long."

I am trying to copy my entire iTunes library and everything in it from my PC Desktop to my PC Laptop using the "External Drive" method as shown on the Apple website. On Part 1 (5) I am told to consolidate files. When attempting to do this I get the message "Copying files failed. The file name was invalid or too long."
How do I resolve this?

I have just been having this problem and it has been driving me mad. The error message doesn't tell you which file is causing the problem so you can't fix it and it leaves your libray in a state of limbo with some files copied into the new location and some in the old location. After many hours I found a surprisingly quick and simple solution.
1) in iTune create a smart play list that includes everything that was added before tomorrows date. This will include everything.
2) Right click this playlist and export it as a text file to produce a tab delimited file.
3) Import this into a spread sheet, or just view it in a text editor with line wrap turned off. What you are interested in is the last column (or end of the line in a text editor). This gives you the path of the file associated with each entry in the library.
The path of the files that have already been copied successfully will start with the new location for your media files you specified. Scroll thru the rows until you get a blank path. If you start getting paths starting with the old Media file location then you went to far and start scrolling back.
The row with the blank path was the file that failed. Move back to the start of the row to find out more about it. In my case it was a podcast with a very long name. I just deleted that podcast from iTunes.
4) Restart the consolidation by choosing File, Library as you did before and the process starts again where it left off.
5) If it fails again on another file just repeat the process

Problem writing external file to externally mounted disk in Windows

Folks,
I've got a puzzling problem with a simple OWB mapping where I'm dumping the contents of a table to an external file.
Versions are OWB v 11.2.0.2 64-bits on Oracle RDBMS 11.2.0.2 Windows 2007 64-bits Enterprise Server.
When the external files module is hooked up to a location that points to a local disk and directory on the OWB-server, everything works fine - files are created and written.
When the external files module is hooked up to a location that points to a mounted disk on another Windows 2007 64-bits Enterprise Server, I get +"Invalid Path for target file, check if connector is deployed correctly".+
The "File System Location Path" in OWB is set to "N:" (no slashes either way). "Test Connection" reports OK.
I've given both the Oracle os-user and "Everyone" (for good measure) all rights on the mounted disk, and I can see that the generated package code is using the correct Directory, and the Directory Path is the correct one on the server. The mounted disk (N:) should appear as a local disk to Oracle as far as I can see. I'm able to create and delete files on the disk using command line on the OWB/DB-server.
I'm scratching my head on this one....

then mapped that share as a network drive (N:) on server A (the OWB/DB-server)I think that problem was with different accounts used for run Oracle database (usually database instance run under SYSTEM account) and which you used to map share (it was interactive session). Even when you made this map persistent (enable "Reconnect at logon" option during mapping) you don't grant access to this drive to other accounts (including SYSTEM ) - this drive will not be visible to other users.
I think it is possible to create "persistent" network drive mapping for Oracle database context with specification non-SYSTEM account (domain or server local) for running Oracle database instance (and Oracle Listener service).
Also it seems there is a workaround to access mapped network drive under SYSTEM account:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/182750/how-to-map-a-network-drive-to-be-used-by-a-service
Regards,
Oleg

Writing agents o/p to external file and if i run the agent again it should

Hi All,
i want to run a agent and that result should be displayed in external file system.and i achieved this by using writing VB script and in agents i used actions in that we have invoke server script.And i got the perfect output but what 's my scenario is when i run the agnent again it should create another file with below requirements.
The file name must contain a suffix containing the date in yyyymmdd format. In cases where the file stored more than once per day, a sequence number must also be provided within the filename.
(i.e. v1_yyyymmdd, v2_yyyymmdd, v3_yyyymmdd, v4_yyyymmdd, v5_yyyymmdd…)
And my VB script is like below
'#####=========================================================================
'## Title: Export Report
'## Rev: 1.0
'## Author: Paul McGarrick
'## Company: Total Business Intelligence / http://total-bi.com
'## Purpose:
'## 1. This script takes a file from OBIEE and saves to the file system
'## 2. Creates a reporting subdirectory if not already present
'## 3. Creates a further subdirectory with name based on current date
'## Inputs (specified in Actions tab of OBIEE Delivers Agent):
'## 1. Parameter(0) - This actual file to be exported
'## 2. Parameter(1) - The filename specified within OBIEE
'## 3. Parameter(2) - Report sub directory name specified within OBIEE
'#####=========================================================================
Dim sBasePath
sBasePath = "E:\reports\reports"
Dim sMasterPath
sMasterPath = sBasePath & "\" & Parameter(2)
Dim objFSO
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Dim objMasterDir
If Not objFSO.FolderExists(sMasterPath) Then
Set objMasterDir = objFSO.CreateFolder(sMasterPath)
End If
Set objMasterDir = Nothing
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Dim sDate, sDateFull
sDate = Now
sDateFull = DatePart("yyyy", sDate) & "-"
If Len(DatePart("m", sDate))=1 Then sDateFull = sDateFull & "0" End If
sDateFull = sDateFull & DatePart("m", sDate) & "-"
If Len(DatePart("d", sDate))=1 Then sDateFull = sDateFull & "0" End If
sDateFull = sDateFull & DatePart("d", sDate)
Dim sDir
sDir = sMasterPath & "\" & sDateFull
Dim objDir
If Not objFSO.FolderExists(sDir) Then
Set objDir = objFSO.CreateFolder(sDir)
End If
Set objDir = Nothing
Dim sFileName
sFileName = sDir & "\" & Parameter(1)
Dim objFile
objFSO.CopyFile Parameter(0), sFileName, True
Set objFile = Nothing
Set objFSO = Nothing
could you please any body help me out from this....

I assume you are using Windows. Try to write a batch file so that that would look for the ibot name when ever its finds rename the file name as required.
This would be easiest way..
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=rename+a+file+to+current+date+using+batch+file
Edited by: Srini VEERAVALLI on Apr 8, 2013 7:23 AM
Can you updates all your posts?
Edited by: Srini VEERAVALLI on May 13, 2013 6:44 AM

Can't get rid of a file

I have been trying to get rid of a file for a couple of weeks now. It's a very strange looking file that starts out with a bunch of symbols that I thought at first looked like Japanese but when I looked closer it seems like some sort of hieroglyphics or something. The file is dated December 1903. I've tried renaming it and I get error. I've tried dragging it out of the trash only to have it disappear and reappear later. I've tried many of the force empty trash techniques like holding down option and doing it. I even looked up some terminal commands. No luck. I've tried to use some of the disk utility programs available as well as the native Mac utilities but they don't work either. Can anyone offer me some help as to how to get rid of this file? It seems to be causing some problems when opening folders that are in my dock now and I'm starting to worry other things will start happening too. Thanks so much.

nerowolfe wrote:
Can you drag the file out of the trash?
If so, create a new folder on your desktop and name it junk, and put the strange file in the new folder.
Now, in a terminal, enter
cd Desktop
ls
and you should see the folder you just created named junk
now enter the command
cd junk
if you now do
ls
you will see the strange file.
enter the following command
sudo rm *
and enter password when prompted.
This should remove the file.
If not, post back.
please don't do anything suggested in this post. none of this has any chance of helping and will potentially hurt as the offending file will be copied from the external drive to your desktop and might become undeletable there too.
nerowolfe, please read the thread. the file in question in Trash on an external drive. it can't be deleted because of strange symbols in its name. the unix rm has been tried already and didn't work because of those characters.
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Help with delivering dynamic text through an external file, through XML?

I'm struggling to find the best way to deliver dynamic text
from an external file, through XML, to a Flash file.
I use small Flash pieces to deliver multiple sets of content
through a single .swf file. An example is here:
http://www.esi-intl.com/public/government/federal.asp
In the .swf file at the bottom, I'm using a three-scene .fla
file. I'm putting the actionScript in the Actions layer atop each
frame. Example:
stop ();
loadVarsText = new LoadVars();
loadVarsText.load("fedNews.txt");
//assign a function which fires when the data is loaded:
loadVarsText.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
trace("done loading");
//Now that we know the data is loaded,
//set the text content of the Text Field
//with the instance name "scroller" equal to the
//contents of the variable
scroller.html=true;
scroller.htmlText = this.var1;
} else {
trace("not loaded");
In that .txt file, I'm putting the information like this:
var1=<a href='
http://www.esi-intl.com/public/classroomtraining/dau.asp'>DAU
Grants ESI Course CON353
Equivalency</a> Advanced Business Solution
in Contracting (CON 353) is an equivalency for DAU's CON 3535
course, Advanced Business Solutions for Mission Support. <a
href='
http://www.esi-intl.com/public/classroomtraining/dau.asp'>Continue</a>
So much of this is pick-ups from what I've researched in
Google. I'm looking for a way I can feel more confident in my code,
and also have that code follow CSS.
Lastly, I recognize the problems in XML with using single
quotes / double quotes, and the & symbol. This is one of my
largest time sucks, and I'd like to find a better way to do this.
Thank you

Hi,
Did you ever find a resolution to this? I'm having a similar
issue that I can't seem to get multiline dynamic text working in
CS3.
The font is embedded but it just displays the first line, and
then a blank. I'm sure this worked fine in Flash MX.
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