Problem using image.setSource ?

Question

Hi,
Can anyone see what I'm doing wrong here ?
I'm sure it's something obvious but I can't see it.
1) I have made a directory /images/ with full rw access
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ls -la /images/total 52
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 1024 Jun 19 14:58 .
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 1024 Jun 19 16:37 ..
-rwxrwxrwx 1 ora816 dba 50000 Jun 19 14:58 test.gif
2) Create a directory from sql as system
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SQL> create directory IMGDIR as '/images';
Directory created.
3) Try to load the "test.gif" file but get a non-existent file or directory failure
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DECLARE
-- applicaition variables
Image ORDSYS.ORDImage;
ctx RAW(4000) :=NULL;
BEGIN
DELETE FROM emp WHERE ename = 'John Doe';
INSERT INTO emp VALUES
('John Doe'
, 24000
, 'Technical Writer'
, 123
, ORDSYS.ORDImage(ORDSYS.ORDSource(empty_blob(), NULL,NULL,NULL,SYSDATE,1),
NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL)
, ORDSYS.ORDImage(ORDSYS.ORDSource(empty_blob(), NULL,NULL,NULL,SYSDATE,1),
NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL));
-- select the newly inserted row for update
SELECT photo INTO Image FROM emp
WHERE ename = 'John Doe' for UPDATE;
-- This example imports the image file test.gif from the IMGDIR
-- directory on a local file system.
Image.setSource('FILE','IMGDIR','test.gif');
Image.import(ctx);
--END;
-- set property attributes for the image data
Image.setProperties;
UPDATE emp SET photo = Image WHERE ename = 'John Doe';
COMMIT;
-- continue processing
END;
SQL> /
DECLARE
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-06510: PL/SQL: unhandled user-defined exception
ORA-06512: at "ORDSYS.ORDSOURCE", line 183
ORA-22285: non-existent directory or file for FILEOPEN operation
ORA-06512: at "ORDSYS.ORDIMG_PKG", line 484
ORA-06512: at "ORDSYS.ORDIMAGE", line 175
ORA-06512: at line 26
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Answer 1

This error occured because the user who ran the PL/SQL script did not have the privilege to read the IMGDIR directory.
You can give the privilege to the user as SYSTEM:
SQL> grant read on directory IMGDIR to user;
Then the user should be able to find the IMGDIR directory and run the PL/SQL script without the error.
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by niallmcp ():
Can anyone see what I'm doing wrong here ?
I'm sure it's something obvious but I can't see it.
2) Create a directory from sql as system
===============================
SQL> create directory IMGDIR as '/images';
Directory created.
SQL> /
DECLARE
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-06510: PL/SQL: unhandled user-defined exception
ORA-06512: at "ORDSYS.ORDSOURCE", line 183
ORA-22285: non-existent directory or file for FILEOPEN operation
ORA-06512: at "ORDSYS.ORDIMG_PKG", line 484
ORA-06512: at "ORDSYS.ORDIMAGE", line 175
ORA-06512: at line 26
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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