KUP-04063: unable to open log file.. (while selecting from External table)

Question

Hi
I am trying to craete an external table and then select the data from the table. However I am getting error while trying to select the data from external table.
SQL>CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY my_dir as 'C:\arun';
Directory created.
SQL>GRANT ALL ON DIRECTORY my_dir TO PUBLIC;
Grant succeeded.
SQL>DROP TABLE proj_checklists_external;
Table dropped.
SQL>CREATE TABLE proj_checklists_external
2 ( checklist_submission_id NUMBER
3 ,Lead_reviewer_name VARCHAR2(30)
4 ,Lead_reviewer_corp_id VARCHAR2(10)
5 ,creation_date VARCHAR2(10)
6 ,submitted_dater VARCHAR2(10)
7 ,approved_date VARCHAR2(10)
8 ,status VARCHAR2(50)
9 )
10 ORGANIZATION EXTERNAL
11 (
12 TYPE ORACLE_LOADER
13 DEFAULT DIRECTORY my_dir
14 ACCESS PARAMETERS
15 (
16 RECORDS DELIMITED BY NEWLINE
17 FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
18 )
19 LOCATION ('Book1.txt')
20 )
21 PARALLEL 5
22 REJECT LIMIT 200;
Table created.
SQL>SELECT * FROM proj_checklists_external;
SELECT * FROM proj_checklists_external
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-29913: error in executing ODCIEXTTABLEOPEN callout
ORA-29400: data cartridge error
KUP-04063: unable to open log file PROJ_CHECKLISTS_EXTERNAL_28484.log
OS error No such file or directory
ORA-06512: at "SYS.ORACLE_LOADER", line 14
ORA-06512: at line 1
I craeted an file PROJ_CHECKLISTS_EXTERNAL_28484.log also in C:\arun and then tried to select but still got same error.
Any idea how to overcome this error.
Regards
Arun

Answer 1

here you go:
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY GRATIS_LOAD as 'D:\AdvSourceData\Membership\';
Directory created
SQL> GRANT ALL ON DIRECTORY GRATIS_LOAD to ADVROLE;
Grant succeeded
SQL>
SQL> DROP TABLE MEMB_BATCH_LOAD_ID;
Table dropped
SQL> CREATE TABLE MEMB_BATCH_LOAD_ID (
2 ID_NUMBER VARCHAR2(10),
3 STATUS CHAR(1)
4 )
5 ORGANIZATION EXTERNAL
6 ( TYPE ORACLE_LOADER
7 DEFAULT DIRECTORY GRATIS_LOAD
8 ACCESS PARAMETERS
9 ( records delimited by NEWLINE
10 fields (
11 ID_NUMBER POSITION (1:10) CHAR,
12 STATUS POSITION (11:1) CHAR
13 )
14 )
15 LOCATION
16 ( 'GRATISID.TXT'
17 )
18 );
Table created
SQL> select * from memb_batch_load_id;
select * from memb_batch_load_id
ORA-29913: error in executing ODCIEXTTABLEOPEN callout
ORA-29400: data cartridge error
KUP-04063: unable to open log file MEMB_BATCH_LOAD_ID_1388_5552.log
OS error The system cannot find the file specified.
ORA-06512: at "SYS.ORACLE_LOADER", line 14
ORA-06512: at line 1
SQL>