Create directory让我们可以在Oracle数据库中灵活的对文件进行读写操作,极大的提高了Oracle的易用性和可扩展性。
其语法为:
CREATE [OR REPLACE] DIRECTORY directory AS ‘pathname‘;本案例具体创建如下:
 
            create or replace directory exp_dir as ‘/tmp‘; 
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目录创建以后,就可以把读写权限授予特定用户,具体语法如下:
GRANT READ[,WRITE] ON DIRECTORY directory TO username;例如:
 
            grant read, write on directory exp_dir to eygle; 
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此时用户eygle就拥有了对该目录的读写权限。
让我们看一个简单的测试:
 
            SQL> create or replace directory UTL_FILE_DIR as ‘/opt/oracle/utl_file‘;
            Directory created.
            SQL> declare
            2    fhandle utl_file.file_type;
            3  begin
            4    fhandle := utl_file.fopen(‘UTL_FILE_DIR‘, ‘example.txt‘, ‘w‘);
            5    utl_file.put_line(fhandle , ‘eygle test write one‘);
            6    utl_file.put_line(fhandle , ‘eygle test write two‘);
            7    utl_file.fclose(fhandle);
            8  end;
            9  /
            PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
            SQL> !
            [oracle@jumper 9.2.0]$ more /opt/oracle/utl_file/example.txt
            eygle test write one
            eygle test write two
            [oracle@jumper 9.2.0]$ 
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类似的我们可以通过utl_file来读取文件:
 
            SQL> declare
            2    fhandle   utl_file.file_type;
            3    fp_buffer varchar2(4000);
            4  begin
            5    fhandle := utl_file.fopen (‘UTL_FILE_DIR‘,‘example.txt‘, ‘R‘);
            6
            7    utl_file.get_line (fhandle , fp_buffer );
            8    dbms_output.put_line(fp_buffer );
            9    utl_file.get_line (fhandle , fp_buffer );
            10    dbms_output.put_line(fp_buffer );
            11    utl_file.fclose(fhandle);
            12  end;
            13  /
            eygle test write one
            eygle test write two
            PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. 
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可以查询dba_directories查看所有directory.
 
            SQL> select * from dba_directories;
            OWNER                          DIRECTORY_NAME                 DIRECTORY_PATH
            ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------
            SYS                            UTL_FILE_DIR                   /opt/oracle/utl_file
            SYS                            BDUMP_DIR                      /opt/oracle/admin/conner/bdump
            SYS                            EXP_DIR                        /opt/oracle/utl_file 
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可以使用drop directory删除这些路径.
 
            SQL> drop directory exp_dir;
            Directory dropped
            SQL> select * from dba_directories;
            OWNER                          DIRECTORY_NAME                 DIRECTORY_PATH
            ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------
            SYS                            UTL_FILE_DIR                   /opt/oracle/utl_file
            SYS                            BDUMP_DIR                      /opt/oracle/admin/conner/bdump 
  
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(3)、如何查询可用的目录?
可以使用如下SQL查询具有READ和WRITE权限的目录:
SET lines 80 
COL grantee FORMAT a20 
COL privilege FORMAT a10 
SELECT directory_name, grantee, privilege 
  FROM user_tab_privs t, all_directories d   
 WHERE t.table_name(+)=d.directory_name   
 ORDER BY 1,2,3;