Error while selecting date from external table

Question

Hello all,
I am getting the follwing error while selecting data from external table. Any idea why?
SQL> CREATE TABLE SE2_EXT (SE_REF_NO VARCHAR2(255),
  2        SE_CUST_ID NUMBER(38),
  3        SE_TRAN_AMT_LCY FLOAT(126),
  4        SE_REVERSAL_MARKER VARCHAR2(255))
  5  ORGANIZATION EXTERNAL (
  6    TYPE ORACLE_LOADER
  7    DEFAULT DIRECTORY ext_tables
  8    ACCESS PARAMETERS (
  9      RECORDS DELIMITED BY NEWLINE
10      FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
11      MISSING FIELD VALUES ARE NULL
12      (
13        country_code      CHAR(5),
14        country_name      CHAR(50),
15        country_language  CHAR(50)
16      )
17    )
18    LOCATION ('SE2.csv')
19  )
20  PARALLEL 5
21  REJECT LIMIT UNLIMITED;
Table created.
SQL> select * from se2_ext;
SQL> select count(*) from se2_ext;
select count(*) from se2_ext
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-29913: error in executing ODCIEXTTABLEOPEN callout
ORA-29400: data cartridge error
KUP-04043: table column not found in external source: SE_REF_NO
ORA-06512: at "SYS.ORACLE_LOADER", line 19

Answer 1

It would appear that you external table definition and the external data file data do not match up. Post a few input records so someone can duplicate the problem and determine the fix.
HTH -- Mark D Powell --