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It could mean one of many things :<br />
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a) The OS directory/file you are trying to access does not exist.<br />
b) The Oracle service does not have access to the OS directory.<br />
c) The OS directory has not been specified in the UTL_FILE parameter in INIT.ORA<br />
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Which version of Oracle are you running ?<br />
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It could mean one of many things :

a) The OS directory/file you are trying to access does not exist.
b) The Oracle service does not have access to the OS directory.
c) The OS directory has not been specified in the UTL_FILE parameter in INIT.ORA

Which version of Oracle are you running ?



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I am trying to open a file using FOPEN. I am getting ORA-2004: Invalid operation Error on the FOPEN statement. &nbsp;What does this mean?
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I am trying to open a file using FOPEN. I am getting ORA-2004: Invalid operation Error on the FOPEN statement.  What does this mean?

Oracle: PL/SQL:UTL_FILE.FOPEN: ORA-20004: Invalid operation Error

Oracle is an object-relational database management system. It supports a large number of languages and application development frameworks. Its primary languages are SQL, PL/SQL and Java, but it also includes support for C and C++. Oracle also has its own enterprise modules and application server software.