INFILE Procedure

The INFILE procedure evaluates the OLAP DML commands in the specified file and executes them in the current analytic workspace.

Note:

You cannot execute this procedure from within the OLAP Worksheet. You must execute if in a SQL tool such as SQL*Plus.

Syntax

INFILE ( 
          filename     IN   VARCHAR2);

Parameters

Table B-23 INFILE Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

filename

The name of a file containing OLAP DML commands.

The file path must be specified in a current directory object for your OLAP session. Use the OLAP DML CDA command to identify or change the current directory object.

Example

The following example executes the OLAP DML commands in the finances.inf file. The location of the file is identified by the WORK_DIR database directory.

EXECUTE dbms_aw.infile('work_dir/finances.inf');