Read and write operating system text files.
FOPEN returns a file handle, which you use in subsequent calls to GET_LINE or
PUT to perform stream I/O to a file. When file I/O is done, call FCLOSE to complete
any output, and free resources associated with the file.
Subprocedures:
FOPEN Function
Open a file for input or output with the default line size.
FOPEN Function
Open a file with the maximum line size specified.
FOPEN_NCHAR Function
Open a file in Unicode for input or output.
FOPEN_NCHAR Function
Open a file in Unicode for input or output,
with the maximum line size specified.
IS_OPEN Function
Determine if a file handle refers to an open file.
FCLOSE Closes a file.
FCLOSE_ALL
Closes all open file handles.
GET_LINE Read text from an open file.
GET_LINE_NCHAR
Read text in Unicode from an open file.
PUT Write a string to a file.
PUT_NCHAR Write a Unicode string to a file.
NEW_LINE Write one or more operating system-specific line
terminators to a file.
PUT_LINE Write a line to a file. This appends an operating system-
specific line terminator.
PUT_LINE_NCHAR
Write a Unicode line to a file.
PUTF A PUT procedure with formatting.
PUTF_NCHAR
A PUT_NCHAR procedure with formatting.
Writes a Unicode string to a file, with formatting.
FFLUSH Physically write all pending output to a file.
For full documentation of the packaged procedures
above see the Oracle Manual:
"Oracle9i Supplied PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference"
or the book Oracle Built in Packages
by Steven Feuerstein et al
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