How to Create an Oracle Directory

To create a directory in an Oracle database, you can use the following SQL statement:

CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY directory_name AS 'directory_path';

directory_name is the name of the directory you want to create, and directory_path is the path of that directory in the file system. By using CREATE OR REPLACE, a new directory can be created, and if the directory already exists, it will be replaced.

For instance, to create a directory named DATA_FILES in an Oracle database, pointing to the /home/oracle/data_files folder, you can use the following SQL statement:

CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY DATA_FILES AS '/home/oracle/data_files';

After creating the directory, users can perform file operations in the database using the directory, such as reading or writing files.