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>From: Rahul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Sent: Sun, 26 May 2002 22:18:18
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>list, the requirement is to use the UTL_FILE
>package on the server side to
>open and process the files as they are created
>(each ho
1. Run a Cron Job that every Hour Runs the Ls command with the necessary
switches to sort the file listing by the date and redirect the filename to a
Flat file.
2. Run a Job In Oracle that will open that particular file and read the
contents of that file and open the file mentioned therein.
Ther
Rahul - Just a thought here. This would be a simple task in Unix. One idea
would be to take a look at the Unix/Posix type interface packages. Another
thought would be to ask this question on a W2K forum.
Dennis Williams
DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
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Sent: Monda
Rahul,
This isn't exactly what you're asking but,
If OEM is set up:
You can use the intelligent agent on win2k.
Write a script that identifies the file and then calls the PL/SQL
procedure.
Schedule the job in OEM.
Chaim
Rahul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@fatcity.com on 05/27/2002 02:18:18 AM
P
Well,
in that case use loader to process the file into a tmptable, and
forget UTL_FILE.
aRNO
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Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 6:08 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Rahul,
This isn't exactly what you're asking but,
If OEM is
Title: RE: how to pick the lastes file using UTL_FILE package ?
Rahul, here is how you'd do it on a Unix box: ls -t|line
ls -t would give you a list of files most recent first, then the line command would give
you back the first filename only. In 2K the first part of that is DIR /O:-D
