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prepend to a file [message #87149] Fri, 10 December 2004 06:58 Go to next message
rabih nasser
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Registered: December 2004
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hello, i would like to know if it possible in oracle to prepend to

a file, meaning to add a line at the beginning of the header of a text file,with out using temp file . 
Re: prepend to a file [message #87162 is a reply to message #87149] Fri, 10 December 2004 17:48 Go to previous message
mai hoo na
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Registered: December 2004
Junior Member
u can use append mode in text_io.ofile

may be this will help u

FUNCTION Text_IO.Fopen
(spec VARCHAR2,
filemode VARCHAR2)
RETURN Text_IO.File_Type;
Parameters

spec A case-insensitive string corresponding to a file's name.
filemode A single case-insensitive character that specifies the mode in which to open the file, and consists of one of the following characters:
R Open the file for reading only.

W Open the file for reading and writing after deleting all existing lines in the file.

A Open the file for reading and writing without deleting existing lines (i.e., appending).

Returns A handle to the specified file.
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