Jim C. Nasby wrote: > On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 03:41:06AM -0700, Dhanaraj M wrote: >> The utility must update the table whenever there is any change in the >> text file. >> Can it be automated? > > There's nothing in the database that could do this directly. I've seen examples where someone did this with DBI_link or some derivative thereof - where when the table changes queries instantly see the modified result.. DBI-Link documentation mentions that CSV and ps and Google output can be used: http://fetter.org/DBI-Link.pdf#search=%22dbi_link%20%22 so I'm guessing if he can write a DBI-like adapter for the text file in question, this would work for him too.