UTL_FILE question

Question

Hello:
IS this possible to achieve below:
PROCEDURE 1:
BEGIN
UTL_FILE.fopen (p_directory, l_file_name, 'w');
CALL PROCEDURE 2;
utl_file.fclose( ... )
END PROCEDURE 1;
PROCEDURE 2 (l_output_file in variable type):
BEGIN
utl_file.put_line(l_output_file, l_string);
insert into TABLE_XXX
END PROCEDURE 2;
My goal is to be able to generate an output file and in the meanwhile, save same data into table.
So we want to combine 'utl_file.put_line" & insert into table FUNCTION as one call. IS this possible ? (I'm currently having problem to define
l_output_file in variable type in PROCEDURE 2.
Please help!
Thank you.

Answer 1

Hi,
Check out the sample code below:
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CREATE OR REPLACE procedure PROCEDURE_2( fp utl_file.file_type)
AS
BEGIN
utl_file.put_line(fp, 'abcd');
END PROCEDURE_2;
CREATE OR REPLACE procedure PROCEDURE_1
AS
fp utl_file.file_type ;
l_file_name Varchar2(10) := 'temp';
BEGIN
fp:=UTL_FILE.fopen ('P_DIRECTORY', l_file_name, 'w');
procedure_2(fp);
utl_file.fclose(fp);
END PROCEDURE_1;
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~Vinod