create or replace FUNCTION "DUMP_CSV" ( p_query in varchar2, p_separator in varchar2 default ',', p_dir in varchar2 , p_filename in varchar2 ) return number AUTHID CURRENT_USER is l_output utl_file.file_type; l_theCursor integer default dbms_sql.open_cursor; l_columnValue varchar2(2000); l_status integer; l_colCnt number default 0; l_separator varchar2(10) default ''; l_cnt number default 0; begin l_output := utl_file.fopen( p_dir, p_filename, 'w' ); dbms_sql.parse( l_theCursor, p_query, dbms_sql.native ); for i in 1 .. 255 loop begin dbms_sql.define_column( l_theCursor, i, l_columnValue, 2000 ); l_colCnt := i; exception when others then if ( sqlcode = -1007 ) then exit; else raise; end if; end; end loop; dbms_sql.define_column( l_theCursor, 1, l_columnValue, 2000 ); l_status := dbms_sql.execute(l_theCursor); loop exit when ( dbms_sql.fetch_rows(l_theCursor) <= 0 ); l_separator := ''; for i in 1 .. l_colCnt loop dbms_sql.column_value( l_theCursor, i, l_columnValue ); utl_file.put( l_output, l_separator || l_columnValue ); l_separator := p_separator; end loop; utl_file.new_line( l_output ); l_cnt := l_cnt+1; end loop; dbms_sql.close_cursor(l_theCursor); utl_file.fclose( l_output ); return l_cnt; end dump_csv;