Reading Text Document from PL/SQL stored procedure

Question

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE file_trial IS
  V1 VARCHAR2(32767);
  F1 UTL_FILE.FILE_TYPE;
BEGIN
  F1 := UTL_FILE.FOPEN('C:\TEMP','AVI','R',256);
  UTL_FILE.GET_LINE(F1,V1,32767);
 UTL_FILE.FCLOSE(F1);
END file_trial;

This code while executing gives

ORA 29280 : INVALID DIRECTORY PATH"

But file (avi.txt) present in temp folder

Answer 1

You need to create a DIRECTORY in Oracle

As SYS:

CREATE DIRECTORY MY_SYMBOLIC_NAME AS 'C:\TEMP';
GRANT READ,WRITE ON DIRECTORY oraload TO my_user;

You can now open files in the directory using the symbolic name and the file name (including file name extension):

F1 := UTL_FILE.FOPEN('MY_SYMBOLIC_NAME','AVI.TXT','R',256);

Note that a DIRECTORY in Oracle points to a file system directory accessible from the database server as pointed out by Sathya.