Ni tapes were textured by taking advantage of their secondary recrystallization. The 18 cm long tapes obtained had textures of single crystalline quality with their [001] axes tilted with respect to the surface and their [010] axes parallel to the rolling direction. YBCO/CeO2/YSZ/CeO2 films grown on the Ni tape had the same crystalline orientations. Magnetic field dependent I-V relations were measured on a 5 cm section of the tape. Jc defined by 1 mV criterion was 1.5 × 10 A cm at 77 K under zero field and was reduced by approx. 50% under the applied magnetic field of 5 T.