Invalid directory path for windows...?

Question

DECLARE
v_file UTL_FILE.FILE_TYPE;
v_dir VARCHAR2(250);
v_filename VARCHAR2(50);
BEGIN
v_dir := 'D:/LANDMARK/datamigration';
v_filename := 'pc_datamigration_out';
v_file := UTL_FILE.FOPEN(v_dir, v_filename, 'w');
UTL_FILE.PUT_LINE(v_file, 'Test file for usage of UTL_FILE package');
UTL_FILE.FCLOSE(v_file);
exception
when others then
dbms_output.put_line('Err utl file..!'||sqlerrm);
END;
I am getting eror "Err utl file..!ORA-29280: invalid directory path"
kindly help me to fix problem.I am working on windows machine not on unix.
rgds,
pc

Answer 1

The correct thing to do is to create a directory object e.g.:
CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY mydir AS 'c:\myfiles';Note: This does not create the directory on the file system. You have to do that yourself and ensure that oracle has permission to read/write to that file system directory.
Then, grant permission to the users who require access e.g....
GRANT READ,WRITE ON DIRECTORY mydir TO myuser;Then use that directory object inside your FOPEN statement e.g.
fh := UTL_FILE.FOPEN('MYDIR', 'myfile.txt', 'r');Note: You MUST specify the directory object name in quotes and in UPPER case for this to work as it is a string that is referring to a database object name which will have been stored in uppercase by default.
p.s. as already mentioned by others, this directory must be on your Oracle database server. You can only access client directories if the server itself has a mapping to the client machine itself. Don't expect to provide a path and for the process to access the local client machine of whoever uses it.
Edited by: BluShadow on 24-Nov-2010 12:24