FCLOSE
|
Close A File Opened By UTL_FILE |
utl_file.fclose(<file_handle>) |
see FOPEN demo |
|
FCLOSE_ALL
|
Close All Files Opened By UTL_FILE |
utl_file.fclose_all; |
set serveroutput on DECLARE vInHandle utl_file.file_type ; vOutHandle utl_file.file_type ; BEGIN vInHandle := utl_file.fopen ('ORALOAD', 'test.txt', 'R'); vOutHandle := utl_file.fopen ('ORALOAD', 'out.txt', 'W'); IF utl_file.is_open (vInHandle) THEN utl_file.fclose_all ; dbms_output.put_line('Closed All'); END IF; END fopen; / |
|
FCOPY
|
Copies a contiguous portion of a file to a newly created file |
utl_file.fcopy ( location IN VARCHAR2, filename IN VARCHAR2, dest_dir IN VARCHAR2, dest_file IN VARCHAR2, start_line IN PLS_INTEGER DEFAULT 1, end_line IN PLS_INTEGER DEFAULT NULL); |
-- demo requires creating directory CTEMP ... see link at bottom of page BEGIN utl_file.fcopy ('ORALOAD', 'dump.txt', 'ORALOAD', 'didit.txt'); END; / |
|
FFLUSH
|
Physically writes pending data to the file identified by the file handle |
utl_file.fflush (<file_handle>); |
See Write demo |
|
FGETATTR
|
Reads and returns the attributes of a disk file |
utl_file.fgetattr( location IN VARCHAR2, filename IN VARCHAR2, exists OUT BOOLEAN, file_length OUT NUMBER, blocksize OUT NUMBER); |
set serveroutput on DECLARE ex BOOLEAN; flen NUMBER; bsize NUMBER; BEGIN utl_file.fgetattr ('ORALOAD', 'test.txt', ex, flen, bsize); IF ex THEN dbms_output.put_line('File Exists'); ELSE dbms_output.put_line('File Does Not Exist'); END IF; dbms_output.put_line('File Length: ' || TO_CHAR(flen)); dbms_output.put_line('Block Size: ' || TO_CHAR(bsize)); END fgetattr; / |
|
FGETPOS
|
Returns the current relative offset position within a file, in bytes |
utl_file.fgetpos(fileid IN file_type) RETURN PLS_INTEGER; |
See Read-Write demo |
|
FOPEN
|
Open A File For Read Operations |
utl_file.fopen( <file_location IN VARCHAR2>, <file_name IN VARCHAR2>, <open_mode IN VARCHAR2>, <max_linesize IN BINARY_INTEGER>) RETURN <file_type_package_data_type; |
DECLARE vInHandle utl_file.file_type ; vNewLine VARCHAR2(250); BEGIN vInHandle := utl_file.fopen ('ORALOAD', 'test.txt', 'R'); LOOP BEGIN utl_file.get_line (vInHandle, vNewLine); dbms_output.put_line(vNewLine); EXCEPTION WHEN OTHERS THEN EXIT; END; END LOOP; utl_file.fclose (vInHandle); END fopen; / |
Open A File For Write Operations |
<file_handle> := utl_file.fopen(<file_location, file_name, 'w ') |
|
FOPEN_NCHAR
|
Open a file to read or write a text file in Unicode instead of in the database charset |
|
FREMOVE
|
Delete An Operating System File |
utl_file.fremove (location IN VARCHAR2, filename IN VARCHAR2); |
BEGIN utl_file.fremove ('ORALOAD', 'dump.txt'); END fremove; / |
|
FRENAME
|
Rename An Operating System File |
utl_file.frename ( location IN VARCHAR2, filename IN VARCHAR2, dest_dir IN VARCHAR2, dest_file IN VARCHAR2, overwrite IN BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE); |
BEGIN utl_file.frename ('ORALOAD','test.txt','ORALOAD','x.txt',TRUE); END frename; / |
|
FSEEK
|
Adjusts the file pointer forward or backward within the file by the number of bytes specified |
utl_file.fseek ( fid IN utl_file.file_type, absolute_offset IN PL_INTEGER DEFAULT NULL, relative_offset IN PLS_INTEGER DEFAULT NULL); |
See Read-Write demo |
|
GETLINE
|
Read a Line from a file |
utl_file.getline ( file IN FILE_TYPE, buffer OUT VARCHAR2, linesize IN NUMBER, len IN PLS_INTEGER DEFAULT NULL); |
See Read demos |
|
GETLINE_NCHAR
|
Same as GETLINE except can be used to read Unicode rather than the database's character set |
|
GET_RAW
|
Reads a RAW string value from a file and adjusts the file pointer ahead by the number of bytes read |
utl_file.get_raw ( fid IN utl_file.file_type, r OUT NOCOPY RAW, len IN PLS_INTEGER DEFAULT NULL); |
See UTL_MAIL demo |
|
IS_OPEN
|
Returns True If A File Handle Is Open: Otherwise False |
utl_file.is_open (file IN FILE_TYPE) RETURN BOOLEAN; |
See FCLOSE_ALL Demo |
|
NEW_LINE
|
Writes one or more operating system-specific line terminators to a file |
utl_file.NEW_LINE (file IN FILE_TYPE, lines IN NATURAL := 1); |
See Read Demo |
|
PUT
|
Writes a string to a file |
utl_file.put( file IN FILE_TYPE, buffer IN VARCHAR2); |
See Write demo |
|
PUTF
|
A PUT procedure with formatting |
utl_file.putf( file IN FILE_TYPE, format IN VARCHAR2, [arg1 IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL, . . . arg5 IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL]); |
See Write demo |
|
PUT_LINE
|
Writes a line to a file. Appends an operating system-specific line terminator |
utl_file.put_line( file IN FILE_TYPE, buffer IN VARCHAR2, autoflush IN BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE); |
See Read-Write demo |
|
PUT_NCHAR
|
Writes a Unicode string to a file |
|
PUT_RAW
|
Accepts as input a RAW data value and writes the value to the output buffer |
utl_file.PUT_RAW ( fid IN utl_file.file_type, r IN RAW, autoflush IN BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE); |
See extract_blob Demo |
|
PUT_LINE_NCHAR
|
Writes a Unicode line to a file |
|
PUTF_NCHAR
|
Writes a Unicode string to a file |