declare
prev_mth number := -1;
begin
for i in my_big_24mth_cursor loop
if to_number(to_char(i.date_of_interest,'MM')) != prev_mth then
if utl_file.is_open(f) then
close file;
end if;
open file;
prev_mth := to_number(to_char(i.date_of_interest,'MM'));
end if;
write line to file
end loop;
end;
or thereabouts
hth
connor
- Viktor <stant_98_at_yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello,
>
> I have a procedure that open a cursor and dumps some data for last 24 months to a file. The date
> range is static condition defined inside the cursor. Procedure is working great, but I what I'm
> having problem figuring out is if there is a way to create not one file with all the data, but
> multiple files with monthly sets of data. This way data for month1 is created as
> <filename_012002.txt> and so forth.
>
> Thanks much!
>
> Viktor
>
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