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Remove carriage returns from a text file

Asked by: Donzee

I created an xml file using a utl_file.put_line procedure in oracle.  Unfortunately, at the end of each chunk I now have a carriage return which is messing up my xml file.  Some of the tag names have carriage returns in the middle of them which is throwing back errors.  Other than doing a search and replace (because the file is so big), does anyone know of a way I can get rid of them?  I am using an xsl file to rename some of the tags.  Is there a way I can use the same xsl file to remove the carriage returns?

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2009-10-29 at 13:43:00ID24856230
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Answers

 

by: sdstuberPosted on 2009-10-30 at 04:14:27ID: 25701782

use UTL_FILE.PUT  instead of UTL_FILE.PUT_LINE

 

by: DonzeePosted on 2009-10-30 at 09:02:05ID: 25704277

I tried that but it wouldn't work unless I added a newline line... so I ended up with the same problem.

 

by: sdstuberPosted on 2009-10-30 at 09:05:50ID: 25704320

you can control where you add the newline to make sure you don't break a tag.
alternatively, use a java stored procedure to write your file to avoid the utl_file limits

 

by: DonzeePosted on 2009-10-30 at 14:12:12ID: 25706831

Sorry, but I have never done any java coding.  Can I run that in Toad?

 

by: sdstuberPosted on 2009-11-02 at 07:39:27ID: 25720330

yes you can create java stored procedures in Toad

however, if you're not a java programmer you may want to stick with utl_file
and simply stick new lines after tags end.

 

by: DonzeePosted on 2009-11-02 at 09:14:49ID: 25721287

Thank you.  I will see if I can find some examples of java stored procedures and some for controlling where the new line is put.  I'm not familiar with either approach.  Sorry, one of those things where you are given something to do that you have never done and then told to figure it out with no training and nobody else here that knows anything about it to bounce things off of.  And it's Monday...

 

by: sdstuberPosted on 2009-11-02 at 09:28:41ID: 25721428

here's a small example of splitting a string at the end of tags
I'm using a very small chunk size of 10 simply to illustrate
and I'm using dbms_output instead of utl_file, but the concept is identical.

DECLARE
    c_chunk_size CONSTANT INTEGER := 10;
    v_xml        VARCHAR2(32767) := '<one><two><three>3</three><four>4</four></two></one>';
    v_index      INTEGER := 1;
    v_chunk      VARCHAR2(32767);
    v_endtag     INTEGER;
BEGIN
    WHILE v_index <= LENGTH(v_xml)
    LOOP
        v_chunk := SUBSTR(v_xml, v_index, c_chunk_size);
        v_endtag := INSTR(v_chunk, '>', -1);
 
        IF v_endtag > 0
        THEN
            DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line(SUBSTR(v_chunk, 1, v_endtag));
        END IF;
 
        DBMS_OUTPUT.put(SUBSTR(v_chunk, v_endtag + 1));
        v_index := v_index + c_chunk_size;
    END LOOP;
END;

                                              
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by: sdstuberPosted on 2009-11-02 at 09:31:28ID: 25721452

if you want to try java here's a small example of writing a clob to a file.
note you will likely get java permission errors the first time you try to use it,
fortunately, java permission errors include the instructions and syntax for granting the needed permissions.

CREATE OR REPLACE AND RESOLVE JAVA SOURCE NAMED CLOBIO AS
import java.sql.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import oracle.sql.*;
 
public class ClobIO{
    public static String writefile(CLOB p_clob, String p_filename) {
        try {
            File             v_file = new File(p_filename);
            FileOutputStream v_out  = new FileOutputStream(v_file);
            InputStream      v_in   = p_clob.getAsciiStream();
 
            int    v_buffersize = p_clob.getBufferSize();
            byte[] v_buffer = new byte[v_buffersize];
            int    v_length = -1;
 
            while ((v_length = v_in.read(v_buffer)) != -1) {
                v_out.write(v_buffer, 0, v_length);
                v_out.flush();
            }
 
            v_in.close();
            v_out.close();
            
            return "";
        }
        catch (Exception excp) {
            System.out.println("----------------------------------------------------------------------------------");
            System.out.println("ERROR ClobIO.writefile(" + p_filename + ")");
            excp.printStackTrace();
            System.out.println("----------------------------------------------------------------------------------");
            return excp.toString();
        }
    }  
}
/
 
 
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION clob2file(p_clob IN CLOB, p_filename IN VARCHAR2)
    RETURN VARCHAR2
AS
    LANGUAGE JAVA
    NAME 'ClobIO.writefile(oracle.sql.CLOB, java.lang.String) return java.lang.String';
/
                                              
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by: sdstuberPosted on 2009-11-02 at 09:36:05ID: 25721501

note, if you are trying to learn java, the style above is intentionally "pl/sql-ish"
so, while it's syntactically correct and will work, it will be somewhat odd for java programmers to read

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