This is probably a quick yes/no one but have struggled to find the answer...
Is it possible to use PL/SQL to read in a file off the network and then output results back out onto the network (without any DBA rights on any databases I might be able to connect to)?
As an example say I had a very big text file and wanted to filter certain records out of it I was wondering if PL/SQL could be used as a conduit to do so. Read in the input file somehow, run the relevant select statement and then output a result file back onto the network without writing to any database. Suppose a bit like the functionality something like FoxPro has.
Thanks in advance.
Paul