Write big query results into a file ? ? ?

Question

Hi all,
The problem is: I want to write a simple query results into a file. I have no idea how to do that. Only thing I know is utl_ functions. Please advise GURUS how can I use them for big queries. Any example will be really appreciable.
Thank you in advance.
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v838

Answer 1

hi,
i´ld do it like that:
filedir     varchar2(30):= '/usr/frajo/';
filename     varchar2(30):= 'file.txt';
fhandle     utl_file.file_type;
cursor x is
select ... (what ever)
begin
     fhandle := utl_file.fopen (filedir, filename,'a');
     open x;
     loop
          fetch x into (what ever)
          exit when x%notfound;
          utl_file.put_line (fhandle,'text and you results');
     end loop;
     utl_file.fclose(fhandle);
end;
happy xmas. franz