Read Doc File

Question

Hi all,
I try to ready DOC file using the following code but i face the folowing error.
IS there any way to read DOC or DOCX files?
declare
f utl_file.file_type;
s varchar2(200);
begin
f := utl_file.fopen('OUTPUT','x.doc','R');
utl_file.get_line(f,s,4000);
dbms_output.put_line(s);
UTL_FILE.FCLOSE(f);
exception
when NO_DATA_FOUND then
utl_file.fclose(f);
end;
SQL> /
declare
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-29284: file read error
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_FILE", line 106
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_FILE", line 746
ORA-06512: at line 7
SQL>
Many Thanks

Answer 1

thanks EdStevens ,
Also i try to used this but the results in different charachters.
CREATE TABLE LOB_TABLE4
LOB_ID INTEGER,
lob_name VARCHAR2 (100 BYTE),
CLOb_COL CLOB
DECLARE
L_CLOB BLOB;
L_BFILE BFILE;
BEGIN
L_BFILE := BFILENAME ('LOB_DIR', 'file.doc');
DBMS_LOB.OPEN (L_BFILE, DBMS_LOB.FILE_READONLY);
L_CLOB := DBMS_LOB.SUBSTR (L_BFILE, 1, 2000);
INSERT INTO LOB_TABLE4 (LOB_ID, LOB_NAME, CLOB_COL)
VALUES (1, '1st Row', UTL_RAW.CAST_TO_VARCHAR2 (L_CLOB));
COMMIT;
END;
SELECT DBMS_LOB.SUBSTR (CLOB_COL, 1000, 1) FROM LOB_TABLE4;
SQL> /
the result as follow:
DBMS_LOB.SUBSTR(CLOB_COL,1000,1)
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                                ∞Ñ┴ ♥Ç ♦ ≡↕┐ 0 ♫ bjbj┤V┤V
♦▬ 4♫ ╓<☺ ╓<☺   ☼   ☼
  ☼ ╖ û♣ û♣ ┘↕ ┘↕ ┘↕ ┘↕ ┘↕ ¶
     φ↕ φ↕ φ↕ φ↕ ♀ ∙↕ ♀ φ↕ σ¶ 0☺ ♣‼
DBMS_LOB.SUBSTR(CLOB_COL,1000,1)
♣‼ ♣‼ ♣‼ ♣‼ ⁿ‼ ⁿ‼ ⁿ‼ d¶ ☻ f¶ f¶
f¶ f¶ f¶ f¶ $ §▬ ó☻ ╖↑ : è¶ § ┘↕
ⁿ‼ ⁿ‼ ⁿ‼
SQL>
i don't know why? but when i used to .txt it's working no problems but this problem with word file.