Oracle 11g Scheduler get_file - shows

Question

Hello All,
I'm runnign a job and the output go to a file. By default when using external jobs(EXECUTABLE) the file goes to $ORACLE_HOME/scheduler/log.
This all works fine.
Where I have a problem, is when I try to read the contents of the file (DBMS_SCHEDULER.GET_FILE). When I read it out of my procedure, I get the following:
==================================================================================
Opened the file
¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿=¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿
And these are the actual contents of the file when I open it from the OS.
cat /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/scheduler/log/job_30762_2218_stdout
{"results": [{"DB_VERSION": "11.2.0.2.0", "UPTIME": "0 days 4 hours 22 mins 19 secs", "SGA_MAX": "388M", "STARTUP_TIME": "30-JAN-2014 09:21:25"}], "elapsed": 0.13770198822021484}
Has anybody ever had this problem?
Thansk in advance for any assistance.
jan S.

Answer 1

Hello All,
Odly enough, when I used the when i used standard UTL_FILE, it works the way it should.
/* Werid character ¿¿¿¿¿¿
  DBMS_LOB.createtemporary(l_clob, TRUE, DBMS_LOB.session);
  DBMS_SCHEDULER.get_file(
    source_file     => l_external_log_id ||'_stdout',
    credential_name => 'ORACLECREDENTIALS',
    file_contents   => l_clob,
    source_host     => 'localhost');
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('Opened the file');
  --DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('stdout:');
  DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line(l_clob);
  l_file := utl_file.fopen('SCHEDULER_EXT_FILES',l_external_log_id ||'_stdout','R',32767);
  -- initialise the empty clob
  DBMS_LOB.createtemporary(l_clob, TRUE, DBMS_LOB.session);
   loop
      begin
         utl_file.get_line(l_file, l_buffer);
         dbms_lob.append(l_clob, l_buffer);
      exception
         when no_data_found then
             exit;
      end;
    end loop;
  dbms_lob.freetemporary(l_clob);
  -- close the file
  UTL_FILE.fclose(l_file);
Thansk
jan S.