Get the created time stamp of a file...

Question

Hi Guys,
I am trying to get the created time stamp of a text file from oracle... How is this possible? I tried using UTL_FILE but didnt succeed so....
Thanks...
Edited by: Napster on Oct 21, 2010 12:43 AM

Answer 1

You may try something like this.
create or replace and compile java source named filehandler as
import java.lang.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.sql.Timestamp;
public class FileHandler
  private static int SUCCESS = 1;
  private static  int FAILURE = 0;
public static Timestamp lastModified (String path) {
    File myFile = new File (path);
    return new Timestamp(myFile.lastModified());
  }Then the wrapper
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION lastModified (p_path  IN  VARCHAR2) RETURN DATE
AS LANGUAGE JAVA
NAME 'FileHandler.lastModified (java.lang.String) return java.sql.Timestamp';PS: Not tested.