RE: problem with UTL_FILE.FILE OPEN

You're supposed to set the parameter to a directoryname, not an asterisk. Setting the parameter to something like

            /oracle/base/8.1.7/work
and setting the protection of the directory to 0644 (files are written by the oracle server processes) should help.

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List hi!
Oracle817 on AIX. (64 bit)
We have defined in initora file UTL_FILE_DIR=* When we start function UTL_FILE.FOPEN it raises exception INVALID_PATH. Everything is set and available (permissions are 777). Do you have any idea what's wrong?

TIA,
        Sonja

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