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Read Live Logs from SQL

How to read live logs from SQL?

Consider that you want to read the following application log from SQL.
/var/log/appDaily.log

1. Create a directory
CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY live_Log_Directory AS '/var/log';

2. Create external table
CREATE TABLE Live_APP_Log(
    log_text CHAR(250)
)
ORGANIZATION external(
    Type Oracle_Loader
    Default Directory live_Log_Directory
    records delimited by newline
    LOCATION('appDaily.log')
    Reject limit unlimited;

3. Create a view on Live_APP_Log
    Create or Replace view App_Log_Information
    AS
    Select * from Live_APP_Log;
   
4. Grant necessary permissions to users
5. Now Query Live_APP_Log whenever you want to fetch log information from SQL

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