GET_LINE_NCHAR Procedure

This procedure reads text from the open file identified by the file handle and places the text in the output buffer parameter. With this function, you can read a text file in Unicode instead of in the database charset. See also "GET_LINE Procedure".

Syntax

UTL_FILE.GET_LINE_NCHAR (
   file        IN  FILE_TYPE,
   buffer      OUT NVARCHAR2);

Parameters

Table 77-11 GET_LINE_NCHAR Procedure Parameters

Parameters	Description
file	Active file handle returned by an FOPEN_NCHAR call. The file must be open for reading (mode r). If the file is opened by FOPEN instead of FOPEN_NCHAR, a CHARSETMISMATCH exception is raised.
buffer	Data buffer to receive the line read from the file.