ORA-22288: file or LOB operation FILEOPEN failed

Hello,
I have a small db procedure that tries to load files into a tablecolumn using DBMS_LOB.LOADFROMFILE.
I use: create or replace directory FILES_DIR as '\\server\Attachments';
this is the place where the files are located. I can access this directory using my Windows login.
When i then execute 'select DBMS_LOB.FILEEXISTS', it says '1', so ok so far.
Before I can load I have to open the file using DBMS_LOB.OPEN.
However, when I execute the procedure it gives me the error ORA-222888...
My DB-services are started using my Windows login.
If I try to map a network drive like z: = '\\server\Attachments', DBMS_LOB.FILEEXISTS says '0'.
How can it be that the DB says yes the file exists, but no I can't open it while the services are running with logins that can actually access the files?
I' ve searched the internet all day, is there a solution?
Thanks in advance,
Frank

when I use the mapped drive, the file doesn't even exists for the db:
DBMS_LOB.FILEEXISTS says '0'.
when I use the UNC format, the file actually exists but then gives the error ORA-2228 on DBMS_LOB.OPEN.
So I tried net use z: \\server\attachments /USER:x\y in cmd, but the file still doesn't exist for the db
I also tried 'net use \\machine\..' like you proposed but can't seem to understand it's meaning.
The actual question is how can I let the file exist for the db using a mapped network drive?

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Action:     See the next error message in the error stack for more detailed
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No such file or directory
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UTL_SMTP.WRITE_RAW_DATA(
p_conn,
UTL_RAW.CAST_TO_RAW( p_name || ': ' || p_value || UTL_TCP.CRLF)
END write_mime_header;
PROCEDURE write_boundary(p_conn IN OUT NOCOPY UTL_SMTP.CONNECTION,
p_last IN BOOLEAN DEFAULT false)
IS
BEGIN
IF (p_last) THEN
UTL_SMTP.WRITE_DATA(p_conn, '--DMW.Boundary.605592468--'||UTL_TCP.CRLF);
ELSE
UTL_SMTP.WRITE_DATA(p_conn, '--DMW.Boundary.605592468'||UTL_TCP.CRLF);
END IF;
END write_boundary;
PROCEDURE end_attachment(p_conn IN OUT NOCOPY UTL_SMTP.CONNECTION,
p_last IN BOOLEAN DEFAULT TRUE)
IS
BEGIN
UTL_SMTP.WRITE_DATA(p_conn, UTL_TCP.CRLF);
IF (p_last) THEN
write_boundary(p_conn, p_last);
END IF;
END end_attachment;
PROCEDURE begin_attachment(p_conn IN OUT NOCOPY UTL_SMTP.CONNECTION,
p_mime_type IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT 'text/plain',
p_inline IN BOOLEAN DEFAULT false,
p_filename IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT null,
p_transfer_enc in VARCHAR2 DEFAULT null)
IS
BEGIN
write_boundary(p_conn);
IF (p_transfer_enc IS NOT NULL) THEN
write_mime_header(p_conn, 'Content-Transfer-Encoding',p_transfer_enc);
END IF;
write_mime_header(p_conn, 'Content-Type', p_mime_type);
IF (p_filename IS NOT NULL) THEN
IF (p_inline) THEN
write_mime_header(
p_conn,
'Content-Disposition', 'inline; filename="' || p_filename || '"'
ELSE
write_mime_header(
p_conn,
'Content-Disposition', 'attachment; filename="' || p_filename || '"'
END IF;
END IF;
UTL_SMTP.WRITE_DATA(p_conn, UTL_TCP.CRLF);
END begin_attachment;
PROCEDURE binary_attachment(p_conn IN OUT UTL_SMTP.CONNECTION,
p_file_name IN VARCHAR2,
p_mime_type in VARCHAR2)
IS
c_max_line_width CONSTANT PLS_INTEGER DEFAULT 54;
v_amt BINARY_INTEGER := 672 * 3; /* ensures proper format; 2016 */
v_bfile BFILE;
v_file_length PLS_INTEGER;
v_buf RAW(2100);
v_modulo PLS_INTEGER;
v_pieces PLS_INTEGER;
v_file_pos pls_integer := 1;
BEGIN
begin_attachment(
p_conn => p_conn,
p_mime_type => p_mime_type,
p_inline => TRUE,
p_filename => p_file_name,
p_transfer_enc => 'base64');
BEGIN
v_bfile := BFILENAME(p_oracle_directory, p_file_name);
-- Get the size of the file to be attached
v_file_length := DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH(v_bfile);
-- Calculate the number of pieces the file will be split up into
v_pieces := TRUNC(v_file_length / v_amt);
-- Calculate the remainder after dividing the file into v_amt chunks
v_modulo := MOD(v_file_length, v_amt);
IF (v_modulo <> 0) THEN
-- Since the file does not devide equally
-- we need to go round the loop an extra time to write the last
-- few bytes - so add one to the loop counter.
v_pieces := v_pieces + 1;
END IF;
DBMS_LOB.FILEOPEN(v_bfile, DBMS_LOB.FILE_READONLY);
FOR i IN 1 .. v_pieces LOOP
-- we can read at the beginning of the loop as we have already calculated
-- how many iterations we will take and so do not need to check
-- end of file inside the loop.
v_buf := NULL;
DBMS_LOB.READ(v_bfile, v_amt, v_file_pos, v_buf);
v_file_pos := I * v_amt + 1;
UTL_SMTP.WRITE_RAW_DATA(p_conn, UTL_ENCODE.BASE64_ENCODE(v_buf));
END LOOP;
END;
DBMS_LOB.FILECLOSE(v_bfile);
end_attachment(p_conn => p_conn);
EXCEPTION
WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN
end_attachment(p_conn => p_conn);
DBMS_LOB.FILECLOSE(v_bfile);
END binary_attachment;
-- Main Routine
BEGIN
-- Connect and set up header information:
v_conn:= UTL_SMTP.OPEN_CONNECTION( v_smtp_server, v_smtp_server_port );
UTL_SMTP.HELO( v_conn, v_smtp_server );
UTL_SMTP.MAIL( v_conn, p_from_name );
UTL_SMTP.RCPT( v_conn, p_to_name );
UTL_SMTP.OPEN_DATA ( v_conn );
UTL_SMTP.WRITE_DATA(v_conn, 'Subject: '||p_subject||UTL_TCP.CRLF);
v_mesg:= 'Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit' || UTL_TCP.CRLF ||
'Content-Type: multipart/mixed;boundary="DMW.Boundary.605592468"' || UTL_TCP.CRLF ||
'Mime-Version: 1.0' || UTL_TCP.CRLF ||
'--DMW.Boundary.605592468' || UTL_TCP.CRLF ||
'Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary'||UTL_TCP.CRLF||
'Content-Type: text/plain' ||UTL_TCP.CRLF ||
UTL_TCP.CRLF || p_message || UTL_TCP.CRLF ;
UTL_SMTP.write_data(v_conn, 'To: ' || p_to_name || UTL_TCP.crlf);
UTL_SMTP.WRITE_RAW_DATA ( v_conn, UTL_RAW.CAST_TO_RAW(v_mesg) );
-- Add the Attachment
binary_attachment(
p_conn => v_conn,
p_file_name => p_binary_file,
-- Modify the mime type at the beginning of this line depending
-- on the type of file being loaded.
p_mime_type => 'text/plain; name="'||p_binary_file||'"'
-- Send the email
UTL_SMTP.CLOSE_DATA( v_conn );
UTL_SMTP.QUIT( v_conn );
END;
Edited by: user12879396 on Oct 22, 2012 10:39 AM

File or LOB operation FILEEXISTs failed

When i executed the sqlcode to check the access i got an error
DECLARE
v_file BFILE := BFILENAME ('DATA_DIR', 'emp.dat');
BEGIN
IF DBMS_LOB.FILEEXISTS (v_file) = 1 THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE ('File exists.');
ELSIF DBMS_LOB.FILEEXISTS (v_file) = 0 THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE ('File does not exist');
ELSE
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE ('Unable to test existence');
END IF;
END;
/ERROR at line 1:
ORA-22288: file or LOB operation FILEEXISTs failed
Permission denied
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_LOB", line 504
ORA-06512: at line 4
server - Oracle 10.2.0.1.0 Enterprise edition
Server OS- LINUX

When accessing a file in the file system through the database there are two layers of permission.
Layer 1) The database user needs the right to read (or write) from this directory. Your user probably has this, but you could check it by looking at the data dictionary view all_directories and all_tab_privs.
Layer 2) The database itself needs access to this file. Database itself means the OS process runs with a specific user. Usually this OS-user is called oracle. The user oracle needs access to the OS folder and the file. If the file had been created by another user (e.g. root or user8731258) then somebody must give oracle the right to read this file (including folder).
I guess your problem comes from this second layer.

Dbms_lob.fileopen gives ORA-22288. Can open the same file with utl_file.

What could cause the following behaviour:
Database 11gR2
declare
   l_amt        number := dbms_lob.lobmaxsize;
   l_dst_loc    clob;
   l_dst_offset number := 1;
   l_lang_ctx   number := dbms_lob.default_lang_ctx;
   l_src_loc    bfile;
   l_src_offset number := 1;
   l_warning    number;
begin
   l_src_loc := bfilename('ODS_SERVER_DIRECTORY', '_CIVKD_ASU.CSV');
   dbms_lob.createtemporary(l_dst_loc, true);
   dbms_lob.fileopen(l_src_loc, dbms_lob.file_readonly);
   dbms_lob.loadclobfromfile(l_dst_loc
                            ,l_src_loc
                            ,l_amt
                            ,l_dst_offset
                            ,l_src_offset
                            ,dbms_lob.default_csid
                            ,l_lang_ctx
                            ,l_warning);
   commit;
   dbms_lob.fileclose(l_src_loc);
   dbms_output.put_line(substr(l_dst_loc, 1, 200));
end;
ORA-22288: file or LOB operation FILEOPEN failed
ORA-06512: in "SYS.DBMS_LOB", line 805
ORA-06512: in line 31
22288. 00000 - "file or LOB operation %s failed\n%s"
*Cause:    The operation attempted on the file or LOB failed.
*Action:   See the next error message in the error stack for more detailed
           information. Also, verify that the file or LOB exists and that
           the necessary privileges are set for the specified operation. If
           the error still persists, report the error to the DBA.However opening and reading the exact same file succeeds when using utl_file.
declare
   l_file utl_file.file_type;
   l_regel varchar2(4000);
begin
   l_file := utl_file.fopen('ODS_SERVER_DIRECTORY', '_CIVKD_ASU.CSV', 'R');
   -- Haal de volgende regel op
   utl_file.get_line(l_file, l_regel);
   dbms_output.put_line(l_regel);
   utl_file.fclose_all;
end;So it seems the file is available and accessable by the database.
It's the first time we run into this particular error and it's one of the first 11gR2 instances so maybe there is something 11g specific we don't know about?

Some progress made. It turns out the directory object points to a shared drive. It's a windows server and Oracle runs as Local System. I always thought that it was impossible to read anything from a shared drive in this situation. Apparently in some situations you can using utl_file but not usign dbms_lob.

Dbms_lob.fileopen failed though utl_file.fgetattr works fine

Hi ,
I am using Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Prod.
I am working on loading MS .doc into Oracle.
I have created dir using following code:
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE
'CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY TEST_SN1 AS'||
'''\\inecg-sdc11\XYZ_ABC2\DT-AUTOMATION\DUMMY_12LNEW''';
END;
I have verified the existence of file(Status.doc) using utl_file.fgetattr using the following code:
DECLARE
ex BOOLEAN;
flen NUMBER;
bsize NUMBER;
BEGIN
utl_file.fgetattr('TEST_SN1', 'Status.doc', ex, flen, bsize);
IF ex THEN
insert into test_msg values('File Exists');
ELSE
insert into test_msg values('File Does Not Exist');
END IF;
insert into test_msg values('File Length: ' || TO_CHAR(flen));
insert into test_msg values('Block Size: ' || TO_CHAR(bsize));
commit;
END;
the code succuessfully returns the msg 'File exists' along with the file length .
I have also tried opening the file using utl_file and dbmc_lob package+
SQL> DECLARE
2 vInHandle utl_file.file_type;
3 vNewLine VARCHAR2(250);
4 BEGIN
5 vInHandle:= utl_file.fopen('TEST_SN1', 'Status.doc', 'R');
6 utl_file.fclose(vInHandle);
7 END;
8 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
But the following code still produces error ORA-22288:+
This is what the output was:
SQL> declare
2 l_bfile bfile;
3 begin
4 l_bfile := bfilename( 'TEST_SN1', 'Status.doc' );
5 dbms_lob.fileopen( l_bfile );
6 dbms_lob.fileclose( l_bfile );
7 end;
8 /
declare
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-22288: file or LOB operation FILEOPEN failed
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_LOB", line 523
ORA-06512: at line 5
Even though the file exists and Oracle is able to identify the file, I cant figure out what is
stopping my code to open that file.
Please help me to figure out the problem.
For more undertstanding ,You can also refer the my conversation with Tom Kyte at following link:
http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=100:11:0::::P11_QUESTION_ID:636223754581#2815252100346024210
Thanks a million tons!
Regards
Saurabh Nolakha,
Bangalore

Hi,
Thanks for your quick response.
The file Status.doc which I am trying to access is in remote server at path *\\inecg-sdc11\XYZ_ABC2\DT-AUTOMATION\DUMMY_12LNEW* .Though the path is not mapped to the WINDOWS system where Oracle is installed but I am able to access the file(open and read) from that system.
Do you mean that I need to map the network drive to that system?*
if yes, then why UTL_FILE is working perfectly?*
Also, in my requirement, theres a high possibility that the path(of remote server) may change in future(if mapped).So ,is there any alternative for that?*
Please provide your useful suggestions
Regards
Saurabh Nolakha

Dbms_lob.FileOpen failed using remote directory in oracle 10g

when i create a directory with the remote shared path like '\\kf-kjyxp\sharepath\temporary' . then in a pl/sql block i use dbms_lob.fileopen to open bfile object , a failure occurs .but the situation does not happen when i use a local diretory like 'd:\sharepath\temporary'.the most puzzling thing is that when i use dbms_lob.FILEISOPEN to check whether i can access the file ,it returns 1 which means succeed . And dbms_lob.GETLENGTH() also returns the right value.
here is the testing code:
declare
     pFile bfile;
     sDir varchar2(255);
     sFileName varchar2(255);
     bExist integer := 0;
     Amount Integer := 4000;
begin
     sDir := 'SRC_PATH';
     sFileName := 'ele_onlinedoc.ico';
     pFile := bfilename(sDir, sFileName);
     --checking file existence
     bExist := DBMS_LOB.FILEEXISTS(pFile);
     if bExist = 1 then
          dbms_output.put_line('File Exist');
     else
          dbms_output.put_line('File Not Exist');
     end if;
     --check file size
     Amount := dbms_lob.Getlength(pFile);
     dbms_output.put_line(TO_CHAR(Amount));
     if dbms_lob.FILEISOPEN(pFile) = 1 then
          dbms_output.put_line('File is already Opend');
     else
          dbms_output.put_line('File is closed');
     end if;
     dbms_lob.fileOpen(pFile,dbms_lob.file_readonly);
     dbms_lob.fileclose(pFile);
EXCEPTION
     When VALUE_ERROR then
          dbms_output.put_line('Exception Value_error');
     When OTHERS then
          dbms_output.put_line('Exception OTHERS');
          dbms_output.put_line(to_char(SQLCODE));
          dbms_output.put_line(sQLERRM);
end;
OUTPUT:
File Exist
1078
File is closed
Exception OTHERS
-22288
ORA-22288: file or LOB operation FILEOPEN failed
we can see that file is detected and also we can get the right size(1078 byte) ,
but fail to open the file.
so what`s the problem .
thanks!

ORA-22288: file or LOB operation string failed string
Cause: The operation attempted on the file or LOB failed.
Action: See the next error message in the error stack for more detailed information. Also, verify that the file or LOB exists and that the necessary privileges are set for the specified operation. If the error still persists, report the error to the DBA.

ORA-22288

I've a procedure to load a file into a table:
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE load_xml (p_dir IN VARCHAR2,
p_filename IN VARCHAR2) AS
l_bfile BFILE := BFILENAME(p_dir, p_filename);
l_clob CLOB;
BEGIN
DBMS_LOB.createtemporary (l_clob, TRUE);
DBMS_LOB.fileopen(l_bfile, DBMS_LOB.file_readonly);
DBMS_LOB.loadfromfile(l_clob, l_bfile, DBMS_LOB.getlength(l_bfile));
DBMS_LOB.fileclose(l_bfile);
INSERT INTO xml_tab (
id,
filename,
xml
VALUES (
xml_tab_seq.NEXTVAL,
p_filename,
XMLTYPE.createXML(l_clob)
COMMIT;
DBMS_LOB.freetemporary (l_clob);
END;
But i always get this error message:
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-22288: file or LOB operation FILEOPEN failed
The system can't find the path
the path is 'C:\orant\tools\web60\temp' and i can find it!
I don't know why i get this error message!
With best regards
Nicole

Nicole,
Since operating systems differ in their file and directory nameing conventions, Oracle abstracts these details with a logical directory object. You create a logical directory command with the command
create directory directoryname as 'os-specific-dirname';
You then use the logical directory name directoryname when working with files inside PL/SQL.
Then grant read permissions to the directory to the user of the procedure.
grant read on direcotry directoryname to username;
Check your directory entry to ensure it is pointing to a valid file location on the server.
select directory_name, directory_path from all_directories;
One guess is the directory entry was created without quotes around it, and the uppercase/lowercase is the issue.

ORA-22288: file or LOB operation FILEOPEN failed

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