/*+ Databases don't have performance problems, people do.*/
SQL> CREATE DIRECTORY dump_dir AS '/u01/app/oracle/dump';
SQL>
DECLARE f1 UTL_FILE.FILE_TYPE; BEGIN f1:= UTL_FILE.FOPEN('test_dir', 'test_file.txt', 'W'); UTL_FILE.PUTF(f1, 'Writing'); UTL_FILE.FCLOSE(f1); END; /