Problem specifying SQL Loader Log file destination using EM

Question

Good evening,
I am following the example given in the 2 Day DBA document chapter 8 section 16.
In step 5 of 7, EM does not allow me to specify the destination of the SQL Loader log file to be on a mapped network drive.
The question: Does SQL Loader have a limitation that I am not aware of, that prevents placing the log file on a network share or am I getting this error because of something else I am inadvertently doing wrong ?
Note: I have placed the DDL, load file data and steps I follow in EM at the bottom of this post to facilitate reproducing the problem *(drive Z is a mapped drive)*.
Thank you for your help,
John.
DDL (generated using SQL developer, you may want to change the space allocated to be less)
CREATE TABLE "NICK"."PURCHASE_ORDERS"
    "PO_NUMBER"      NUMBER NOT NULL ENABLE,
    "PO_DESCRIPTION" VARCHAR2(200 BYTE),
    "PO_DATE" DATE NOT NULL ENABLE,
    "PO_VENDOR" NUMBER NOT NULL ENABLE,
    "PO_DATE_RECEIVED" DATE,
    PRIMARY KEY ("PO_NUMBER") USING INDEX PCTFREE 10 INITRANS 2 MAXTRANS 255 COMPUTE STATISTICS NOCOMPRESS LOGGING TABLESPACE "USERS" ENABLE
  SEGMENT CREATION DEFERRED PCTFREE 10 PCTUSED 40 INITRANS 1 MAXTRANS 255 NOCOMPRESS LOGGING STORAGE
    INITIAL 67108864
  TABLESPACE "USERS" ;
Load.dat file contents
1, Office Equipment, 25-MAY-2006, 1201, 13-JUN-2006
2, Computer System, 18-JUN-2006, 1201, 27-JUN-2006
3, Travel Expense, 26-JUN-2006, 1340, 11-JUL-2006
Steps I am carrying out in EM
log in, select data movement -> Load Data from User Files
Automatically generate control file
(enter host credentials that work on your machine)
continue
Step 1 of 7 ->
  Data file is located on your browser machine
  "Z:\Documentation\Oracle\2DayDBA\Scripts\Load.dat"
   click next
step 2 of 7 ->
  Table Name
  nick.purchase_orders
  click next
step 3 of 7 ->
  click next
step 4 of 7 ->
  click next
step 5 of 7 ->
  Generate log file where logging information is to be stored
  Z:\Documentation\Oracle\2DayDBA\Scripts\Load.LOG
  Validation Error
  Examine and correct the following errors, then retry the operation:
  LogFile - The directory does not exist.

Answer 1

Hi John,
But, i did'nt found any error when i am going the same what you did.
My Oracle Version is 10.2.0.1 and using Windows xp. See what i did and i got worked
1.I created one table in scott schema :
SCOTT@orcl> CREATE TABLE "PURCHASE_ORDERS"
  2  (
  3      "PO_NUMBER"      NUMBER NOT NULL ENABLE,
  4      "PO_DESCRIPTION" VARCHAR2(200 BYTE),
  5      "PO_DATE" DATE NOT NULL ENABLE,
  6      "PO_VENDOR" NUMBER NOT NULL ENABLE,
  7      "PO_DATE_RECEIVED" DATE,
  8      PRIMARY KEY ("PO_NUMBER") USING INDEX PCTFREE 10 INITRANS 2 MAXTRANS 255 COMPUTE STATISTICS NOCOMPRESS LOGGING TABLESPACE "USERS" ENABLE
  9  )
10  TABLESPACE "USERS";
Table created.I logged into em Maintenance-->Data Movement-->Load Data from User Files-->My Host Credentials
Here i total 3 text boxes :
1.Server Data File : C:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\ORCL\USERS01.DBF
2.Data File is Located on Your Browser Machine : z:\load.dat <--- Here z:\ means other machine's shared doc folder; and i selected this option (as option button click) and i created the same load.dat as you mentioned.
3.Temporary File Location : C:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\ORCL\ <--- I did'nt mentioned anything.
Step 2 of 7 Table Name : scott.PURCHASE_ORDERS
Step 3 of 7 I just clicked Next
Step 4 of 7 I just clicked Next
Step 5 of 7 I just clicked Next
Step 6 of 7 I just clicked Next
Step 7 of 7 Here it is Control File Contents:
LOAD DATA
APPEND
INTO TABLE scott.PURCHASE_ORDERS
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
PO_NUMBER INTEGER EXTERNAL,
PO_DESCRIPTION CHAR,
PO_DATE DATE,
PO_VENDOR INTEGER EXTERNAL,
PO_DATE_RECEIVED DATE
And i just clicked on submit job.
Now i got all 3 rows in purchase_orders :
SCOTT@orcl> select count(*) from purchase_orders;
  COUNT(*)
         3So, there is no bug, it worked and please retry if you get any error/issue.
HTH
Girish Sharma