How to save files on the server?

Question

I want to save a log on the server, how can I do this using Oracle?
In SQL Server I used the "bcp" command.
Thanks.

Answer 1

as forbrich suggested you can use the UTL_FILE built-in package. here is an example code to read and write to a file.
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE Read_Write_File (pvInFile Varchar2,
                                             pOutFile Varchar2) IS
vInFile   utl_file.file_type;
vOutFile  utl_file.file_type;
vNewLine  VARCHAR2(4000);
x         PLS_INTEGER;
vFlag  BOOLEAN := TRUE;
BEGIN
  -- assuming Your_Directory is $HOME/myTxtFiles in a Unix Platform
  -- to check if definition is existing Select Directory_Name, Directory_Path From All_Directories;
  vInFile := utl_file.fopen('Your_Directory',pInFile,'r');
  vOutFile := utl_file.fopen('Your_Directory',pOutFile, 'w');
  IF utl_file.is_open(vInFile) THEN
    LOOP
      BEGIN
        utl_file.get_line(vInFile, vNewLine);
        x := utl_file.fgetpos(vInFile);
        dbms_output.put_line(TO_CHAR(x));
        utl_file.put_line(vOutFile, vNewLine, FALSE);
        utl_file.fflush(vOutFile);
        IF vFlag = TRUE THEN
          utl_file.fseek(vInFile, NULL, -30);
          vFlag := FALSE;
        END IF;
      EXCEPTION
        WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN
          EXIT;
      END;
    END LOOP;
    COMMIT;
  END IF;
  utl_file.fclose(vInFile);
  utl_file.fclose(vOutFile);
EXCEPTION
  WHEN others THEN
    RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR (-20099, 'Unknown UTL_FILE Error');
END;
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