Util_file package error

Question

Hi ,
I am using util_file package to spool to a csv file in a stored procedure .
when I call this procedure on my loacl machine is woking fine .
But when I call this procedure in the apps oracle database ,I get the following error:
ORA-20003: File could not be opened or operated on as requested.
ORA-06512: at "APPS.WOC_KDE_PREPROCESSOR", line 1032
Please suggest.
Thanks,

Answer 1

Here is my code :
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY Woc_KDE_Preprocessor
AS
NAME: Woc_Delete_Model_Data
PURPOSE:
REVISIONS:
Ver Date Author Description
1.0 11/01/2008 gtutika 1. Preprocessor to Spool in CSV file
PROCEDURE KDEPreprocessor(p_con_program_id NUMBER)
IS
     v_file UTL_FILE.FILE_TYPE;
     l_count NUMBER;
     l_product_model VARCHAR2(40);
     c_family VARCHAR2(40);
BEGIN
DBMS_OUTPUT.ENABLE(1000000);
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('before');
     v_file := UTL_FILE.FOPEN(location => 'EXTRACT_DIR',
filename => 'KDEPreprocessor-'||p_con_program_id||'.csv',
open_mode => 'w',
max_linesize => 32767);
     DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('after');
     UTL_FILE.FCLOSE(v_file);
     EXCEPTION
          WHEN UTL_FILE.INVALID_PATH THEN
          UTL_FILE.FCLOSE(v_file);
          RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20000, 'File location is invalid.');
          WHEN UTL_FILE.INVALID_MODE THEN
          UTL_FILE.FCLOSE(v_file);
          RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20001, 'The open_mode parameter in FOPEN is invalid.');
          WHEN UTL_FILE.INVALID_FILEHANDLE THEN
          UTL_FILE.FCLOSE(v_file);
          RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20002, 'File handle is invalid.');
          WHEN UTL_FILE.INVALID_OPERATION THEN
dbms_output.put_line('(SQLERRM');
          UTL_FILE.FCLOSE(v_file);
          RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20003, 'File could not be opened or operated on as requested.');
-- dbms_output.put_line('(SQLERRM');
          WHEN UTL_FILE.READ_ERROR THEN
          UTL_FILE.FCLOSE(v_file);
          RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20004, 'Operating system error occurred during the read operation.');
          WHEN UTL_FILE.WRITE_ERROR THEN
          UTL_FILE.FCLOSE(v_file);
          RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20005, 'Operating system error occurred during the write operation.');
          WHEN UTL_FILE.INTERNAL_ERROR THEN
          UTL_FILE.FCLOSE(v_file);
          RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20006, 'Unspecified PL/SQL error.');
          WHEN UTL_FILE.CHARSETMISMATCH THEN
          UTL_FILE.FCLOSE(v_file);
          RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20007, 'A file is opened using FOPEN_NCHAR, but later I/O ' ||
                         'operations use nonchar functions such as PUTF or GET_LINE.');
          WHEN UTL_FILE.FILE_OPEN THEN
          UTL_FILE.FCLOSE(v_file);
          RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20008, 'The requested operation failed because the file is open.');
          WHEN UTL_FILE.INVALID_MAXLINESIZE THEN
          UTL_FILE.FCLOSE(v_file);
          RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20009, 'The MAX_LINESIZE value for FOPEN() is invalid; it should ' ||
                         'be within the range 1 to 32767.');
          WHEN UTL_FILE.INVALID_FILENAME THEN
          UTL_FILE.FCLOSE(v_file);
          RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20010, 'The filename parameter is invalid.');
          WHEN UTL_FILE.ACCESS_DENIED THEN
          UTL_FILE.FCLOSE(v_file);
          RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20011, 'Permission to access to the file location is denied.');
          WHEN UTL_FILE.INVALID_OFFSET THEN
          UTL_FILE.FCLOSE(v_file);
          RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20012, 'The ABSOLUTE_OFFSET parameter for FSEEK() is invalid; ' ||
                         'it should be greater than 0 and less than the total ' ||
                         'number of bytes in the file.');
          WHEN UTL_FILE.DELETE_FAILED THEN
          UTL_FILE.FCLOSE(v_file);
          RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20013, 'The requested file delete operation failed.');
          WHEN UTL_FILE.RENAME_FAILED THEN
          UTL_FILE.FCLOSE(v_file);
          RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20014, 'The requested file rename operation failed.');
          WHEN OTHERS THEN
          UTL_FILE.FCLOSE(v_file);
          RAISE;
     END;
END;
Show errors;
I do not get any error with local db.But on apps I get
UTL_FILE.INVALID_OPERATION error.