How to read the filename

Question

I have a bunch of files in a directory. How to read just the filename from the directory.

Answer 1

Following code will read the contents in a directory into a temporary table. The code comes from "expert one-on-one" from thomas kyte.
Remember to set the java privileges correctly for the directorys you want to create the list from.
greetings
Freek D
CREATE GLOBAL TEMPORARY TABLE DIR_LIST
( FILENAME VARCHAR2(255) )
ON COMMIT DELETE ROWS
CREATE OR REPLACE
AND COMPILE java source named "DirList"
AS
import java.io.*;
import java.sql.*;
public class DirList{
public static void getList(String directory) throws SQLException{
File path = new File( directory );
String[] list = path.list();
String element;
for(int i = 0; i < list.length; i++){
element = list;
#sql {
INSERT INTO DIR_LIST (FILENAME)
VALUES (:element) };
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE GET_DIR_LIST (
P_DIRECTORY IN VARCHAR2)
AS
LANGUAGE JAVA
NAME 'DirList.getList( java.lang.String )';
BEGIN
DBMS_JAVA.GRANT_PERMISSION (
USER,
'java.io.FilePermission',
'c:\temp',
'read');
END;
EXEC get_dir_list( 'c:\temp' );
SELECT *
FROM DIR_LIST
WHERE ROWNUM < 5;