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Ora-22285 - Non-Existent Directory Or File For Loadfromfile (Doc ID 274695.1)

Last updated on MARCH 04, 2022

Applies to:

PL/SQL - Version 8.1.7.4 to 10.1.0.2 [Release 8.1.7 to 10.1]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

1. Running a procedure which loads XML files using DBMS_LOB.LOADFROMFILE(xmlLob,xmlFile,DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH(xmlFile));
fails with:
ORA-22285: non-existent directory or file for LOADFROMFILE operation

2. Procedure having the call to DBMS_LOB.LOADFROMFILE is being called from another procedure in another schema. 

Changes

None 

Cause

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