Connor, Can you please test your code before posting ;-)
Larry G. Elkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] 214.954.1781 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Connor > McDonald > Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 9:00 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: UTL_FILE_DIR problem > > > In particular, > > declare > f utl_file.file_type; > begin > for i in ( select name from v$datafile > order by file# desc ) loop > f := utl_file.fopen( > substr(i.name,1,instr(i.name,'/',-1)), > substr(i.name,instr(i.name,'/',-1)+1), > 'W'); > utl_file.fclose(f); > end loop; > end; > / > > which (pending fixing any compile errors) will do its > best to reduce all datafiles in the database to 0 > bytes finishing with SYSTEM. > > Cheers > Connor -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Larry Elkins INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).