Import FMW Security in SampleApp gives "Invalid Directory" error

Question

I am working through the manual for installing and configuring the OBEE 11g SampleApp for Oracle BI Applications.
When I get to the section (2.3.4) for "Import FMW Security Users" I get the following error when saving the path for the FMW_Users_Definition folder. I know that it is correct because I am browsing out to it using Windows Explorer and then copying and pasting it from the Address bar.
I tried using both long and short paths.

Answer 1

Dragon wrote:
Hi,
We have Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production.
I need to read txt file from db package. File is located on my local machine. I use utl_file package and as I found I need to create a logical directory which points to physical one.
'Create or replace' command doesn't work from my db package, it gives mi ORA-22929. But it works from SQL.
CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY v_dir AS 'C:\ab\cd';
GRANT READ ON DIRECTORY v_dir TO PUBLIC;
Even after creating logical directory in ALL_DIRECTORIES table, I'm getting INVALID_PATH error after command:
srcFile := utl_file.fopen('C:\ab\cd','my.txt', 'R');
where src file is declared as utl_file.file_type.
After reading numerous forums and documentation I couldn't find a solution.
At first, why 'Create or replace' command doesn't work from db package and then how to overcome INVALID_PATH error?
Any help?
Tnx,
NatiIn addition to BlueShadow's comments, you need to be aware that the file and directory must exisit on the database server .. or at leas on a directory that is mounted/accessible by the database server.. it won't work if "'C:\ab\cd" is referring to a directory on your workstation and your database is on different machine.