Hi Gunnar,
You can use utl_file, it doesn't read from the same directory, you
specify utl_file_dir locations pre 9iR2 and directory objects 9iR2
onwards to where you want it to read from and then you open and read the
fil3es you wish. You could also use external procedures and use C, you
could
There
are really two answers to this and it depends largely on what you want to
do. If you want to check for the existence of a file and generate an error
if it's not there, you can do something along the lines
of...
whenever oserror do something
!ls -l
$DIR/$FILENAME
Alternatively, if
facts, having an opinion is an art !
-Original Message-From: Bellow, Bambi
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RE: Reading files on the server
There are really two answers to this and it depends largely
