I want simple example of UTL_FILE package

I want simple example of UTL_FILE package , and please I want this example be complete as possible as you can ( i mean - as I understand - we suppose make Create Directory statement at beginning and so on ... ) .
even if you know any links for simple examples for UTL_FILE package .... I will be so grateful to post it .

Maybe something like this?
http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/9i/GeneratingCSVFi
les.phpthanks Jens Petersen .... it's good one.

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Greetings:
I'm attempting to write simple text files on the server side using the UTL_FILE package.I can get it to write the file to a local drive on the Oracle server with no problems, but not a network drive. When trying to write to a network drive, the FOPEN function raises the UTL_FILE.INVALID_OPERATION exception. This is even with my UTL_FILE_DIR parameter set the * for all directories and I have "Full Control" permission on the directory. I am running in a NT Server/Wkstn environment. Anyone have any ideas why I can't write a file to a network drive?
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Thanks for your response...
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Reading all files on directory using "utl_file" package...

I need to read all files in directory via PL/SQL. I don't know
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mail ID [email protected]
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/e6/d54d3c596f0b26e10000000a11402f/content.htm
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/73/7e7941601b1d09e10000000a155106/frameset.htm
http://support.sas.com/rnd/papers/sugi30/SAP.ppt
http://www.sts.tu-harburg.de/teaching/sap_r3/ABAP4/abapindx.htm
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/skarkada/sap/
http://www.ct-software.com/reportpool_frame.htm
http://www.saphelp.com/SAP_Technical.htm
http://www.kabai.com/abaps/q.htm
http://www.guidancetech.com/people/holland/sap/abap/
http://www.planetsap.com/download_abap_programs.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/c8/1975cc43b111d1896f0000e8322d00/content.htm
/people/thomas.weiss/blog/2006/04/03/how-to-define-a-new-badi-within-the-enhancement-framework--part-3-of-the-series
/people/thomas.weiss/blog/2006/04/18/how-to-implement-a-badi-and-how-to-use-a-filter--part-4-of-the-series-on-the-new-enhancement-framework
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/73/7e7941601b1d09e10000000a155106/frameset.htm
http://support.sas.com/rnd/papers/sugi30/SAP.ppt
http://www.sts.tu-harburg.de/teaching/sap_r3/ABAP4/abapindx.htm
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/skarkada/sap/
http://www.ct-software.com/reportpool_frame.htm
http://www.saphelp.com/SAP_Technical.htm
http://www.kabai.com/abaps/q.htm
http://www.guidancetech.com/people/holland/sap/abap/
http://www.planetsap.com/download_abap_programs.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/c8/1975cc43b111d1896f0000e8322d00/content.htm
/people/thomas.weiss/blog/2006/04/03/how-to-define-a-new-badi-within-the-enhancement-framework--part-3-of-the-series
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How to avoid special characters( #) via Utl_file Package

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I am using UTL_FILE package in order to read the text from a text file and insert this text into a table.
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