Problem with BFILE closure

Question

I have a problem with a pending session (Oracle 8.1.7, Windows 2000). The active process is waiting for a BFILE to close (BFILE closure). It has been waiting > 7000 secs. The file to read is a simple csv-file with 10 lines.
I'm using the widely spread "ftp"-package (I have removed all procedures with a "binary" part as 8i dont have the "put_raw" feature. I've used binary part of the package in 10g without any problems).
The procedure where the problem occurs:
FUNCTION get_local_ascii_data (p_dir IN VARCHAR2,
p_file IN VARCHAR2)
RETURN CLOB IS
l_bfile BFILE;
l_data CLOB;
l_amount BINARY_INTEGER := 32767;
l_pos INTEGER := 1;
wText varchar2(32767);
BEGIN
DBMS_LOB.createtemporary (lob_loc => l_data,
cache => TRUE,
dur => DBMS_LOB.call);
l_bfile := BFILENAME(p_dir, p_file);
DBMS_LOB.fileopen(l_bfile, DBMS_LOB.file_readonly);
DBMS_LOB.loadfromfile(l_data, l_bfile, DBMS_LOB.getlength(l_bfile));
DBMS_LOB.fileclose(l_bfile);
RETURN l_data;
END;
The file to be read contains the following:
1;john;heinrich;vejnavn 1;2650;hvidovre
2;john;heinrich;vejnavn 2;2650;hvidovre
3:john;heinrich;vejnavn 3;2650;hvidovre
4;john;heinrich;vejnavn 4;2650;hvidovre
5;john;heinrich;vejnavn 5;2650;hvidovre
6;john;heinrich;vejnavn 6;2650;hvidovre
7;john;heinrich;vejnavn 7;2650;hvidovre
8;john;heinrich;vejnavn 8;2650;hvidovre
9;john;heinrich;vejnavn 9;2650;hvidovre
10;john;heinrich;vejnavn 10;2650;hvidovre
Any clue?
It locks the package in question, and killing the session dont free the package. Only a db shotdown will free the package. Is there a way to "close" the bfile?

Answer 1

What information is there in your post indicating the BFILE did not close and that this is the cause of the problem?
8.1.7 is so old I haven't seen it in almost a decade so I can't test this out but it seems to me you should be focusing new development efforts on a version of the product that has been supported during the current millennium.