utl_file has execute granted to public -0 so there is no need to grant execute. Alex Hillman -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 2:57 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L stored Do not forget 'grant execute on utl_file to apps_user' before running.. MOHAMMAD RAFIQ Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 08:21:20 -0800 Ranganath, First you have to specify a place where Oracle may write the file. You do this by setting the UTL_DIR parameter in your init<SID>.ora file. Make sure that the Oracle user has write permission on the directory(ies) you specify. You'll need to bounce the DB to have this parameter take effect. Your code will look something like this(this is for an NT Box): CREATE or REPLACE ......... AS CURSOR XXX IS...... vocstu_report utl_file.file_type; BEGIN vocstu_report:= utl_file.fopen('F: \oracle\admin\reports','vocstu_report.txt','W'); (All your processing here) utl_file.put_line(vocstu_report, RPAD(v_lastname,25,' ') || RPAD(v_firstname,15,' ') || RPAD(v_gender,6,' ') || RPAD(v_grade,5,' ') || RPAD(v_ethniccode,6,' ') || RPAD(v_altid1,13,' ') || RPAD(v_AGATInd,5,' ') || RPAD(v_STXPInd,4,' ')); David A. Barbour Oracle DBA, OCP AISD 512-414-1002 "Ranganath K" <ranganathk@subex To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> group.com> cc: Sent by: Subject: Spooling output of a select statement to a file through [EMAIL PROTECTED] stored procedure 08/29/2001 06:00 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L Dear DBA Gurus, How do I spool output of a select statement to a file through stored procedure. The stored procedure should take the directory and path of the file to be spooled to on the client machine. I know we can do this using UTL_FILE package. But I don't want to write to a file in Oracle Database server machine rather I want to write the output to a file in client machine. Please note that I want to do this through a Pl/Sql procedure or a pl/sql program so that the procedure can be called from the front end which is Java/C++. How do I do this? Any help in this regard will be duly appreciated. Thanks and Regards, Ranganath DISCLAIMER: This correspondence is confidential and intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you are not the named recipient and receive this correspondence in error, you must not copy, distribute or take any action in reliance on it and you should delete it from your system and notify the sender immediately. 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