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Oracle in a Nutshell
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Oracle in a Nutshell

by Rick Greenwald, David C. Kreines
December 2002
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
928 pages
85h 29m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

CREATE/DROP DIRECTORY

Synopsis

CREATE Syntax:

CREATE [OR REPLACE] DIRECTORY directory_name AS 'path_name'

DROP Syntax:

DROP DIRECTORY directory_name

Creates or removes a directory object that specifies an operating system directory for storing BFILE objects.

Tip

Oracle does not check to see if the directory actually exists on the host operating system, so be sure to check the path you provide carefully.

Keywords

OR REPLACE

Specifies that this directory object should replace any existing directory object with the same name.

directory_name

Name of the directory object.

path_name

Operating system directory’s full case-sensitive pathname.

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Publisher Resources

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