Importing .csv file into a Oracle Forms application

Question

I\'ve got a question how to import a .csv file into a Oracle Forms application. We are using Oracle Forms 11g on a Oracle 12c Database.

Now we want to import a .csv

Answer 1

I've found a suitable solution for me now. Maybe I could do it better but this helps me so far.

I've found the following Blog: http://tfathy.blogspot.de/2009/03/reading-from-file.html

The Code works 100% by copy&paste and helps me from now on to complete the task.

Maybe it might help anyone else too.

Here is the solutioncode:

Reading From File 
March 19, 2009
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Declare
  vfilename varchar2(500);
  in_file   Client_Text_IO.File_Type;
  linebuf   VARCHAR2(1800); 
BEGIN
    vfilename := client_get_file_name('c:/temp/', File_Filter=>'Comma Dialimeted Files (*.csv)|*.csv|'); 
    in_file := client_Text_IO.Fopen(vfilename, 'r');  
    GO_BLOCK('Emp'); 
    FIRST_RECORD;  
  LOOP
    Client_Text_IO.Get_Line(in_file, linebuf); 
    p_output_line(linebuf);
    Client_Text_IO.New_Line; 
    Next_record; 
  END LOOP; 
   FIRST_RECORD;
EXCEPTION
  WHEN no_data_found THEN
    Client_Text_IO.Put_Line('Closing the file...');
    Client_Text_IO.Fclose(in_file);
END;
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PROCEDURE p_output_line(p_line varchar2) IS 
vLINE VARCHAR2(4000);
vVALUE VARCHAR2(1000); 
vCOMMA_COUNT NUMBER;
vREPORT_DATE DATE;
BEGIN                    
 vLINE := p_line;
 vCOMMA_COUNT := LENGTH(vLINE)- LENGTH(REPLACE(vLINE,',','')); -- COUNT THE NUMBER OF COMMAS
  FOR I IN 1.. vCOMMA_COUNT+1 LOOP  
   vVALUE := SUBSTR(vLINE,1,INSTR(vLINE,',')-1);                             -- IF vLINE = 123,ABC,9877 THEN VVALUE WILL BE  123
    IF vVALUE IS NULL THEN
        vVALUE := vLINE;
    END IF;    
   vLINE := SUBSTR(vLINE,INSTR(vLINE,',')+1) ;                              -- CHANGE   123,ABC,9877 TO BE   ABC,9877  
   IF I = 1 THEN 
    :DATA.BMK_NAME := vVALUE; 
   ELSIF I = 2 THEN 
    vREPORT_DATE := last_day(to_date(vVALUE,'dd-mm-yyyy')); 
    :DATA.REPORT_DATE := vREPORT_DATE;
   ELSIF I = 3 THEN                 
    :DATA.BMK_RETURN := to_number(vVALUE);
   END IF;
  END LOOP; 
  EXCEPTION
    WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN
    MESSAGE('Please Check the data type is appropriate on you excel file');
    MESSAGE('Please Check the data type is appropriate on you excel file');
END; 
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-- notes
1- you must install webutil version 106 or later
2- make sure that you attached and compiled the webutill.pll scucessfuly