Invalid number error , number column as last field in my csv

LOAD DATA
INFILE 'test.csv' "str '#'"
APPEND
INTO TABLE esgapp.c_test
FIELDS TERMINATED BY "," Optionally enclosed by '"'
TRAILING NULLCOLS
rstring,
rtext char(12000) ENCLOSED BY '<start>' and '<end>',
ruser,
rid SEQUENCE(MAX,1)
This control file is working good . But what i have done is i have altered my table *ruser* column which was earlier varchar now it is number . the data in the ruser is number , now i am getting an error while executing the the script
it is throwing an invalid number error .
i have tried this changes before i post this post in the control file but all are throwing the invalid number error
ruser char "to_number(rtrim(ltrim(:ruser)))"
and
ruser decimal external
csv file
hello,<start>bla...bla...bla...bla,-996203
error
invalid number
Edited by: user7955917 on Mar 5, 2012 9:34 AM
Edited by: user7955917 on Mar 5, 2012 9:41 AM
Edited by: user7955917 on Mar 5, 2012 9:42 AM

But....If your Oracle version is 10g+, you can define the file as external table and use the "RECORDS DELIMITED BY '#'" parameter.
:p

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SUM(TO_NUMBER(NVL(( CASE WHEN Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date < TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY') THEN ( CASE WHEN Absence Attendance."Actual End Date" > SYSDATE THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN ( CASE WHEN TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY') >= Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) IS NULL THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN SYSDATE <= Absence Attendance."Actual End Date" THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) END ) END ) END ) IS NULL THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY') >= Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) IS NULL THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN SYSDATE <= Absence Attendance."Actual End Date" THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) END ) END ) END ) END ) END ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN ( CASE WHEN TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY') >= Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) IS NULL THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN SYSDATE <= Absence Attendance."Actual End Date" THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) END ) END ) END ) IS NULL THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY') >= Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-6),'DD-Mon-YYYY'),Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") ) IS NULL THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( CASE WHEN SYSDATE <= Absence Attendance."Actual End Date" THEN ( WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,SYSDATE) ) ELSE ( Absence Attendance.Duration Days ) END ) END ) END ) END ) END ),( DAYS_BETWEEN(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date,Absence Attendance."Actual End Date") )),'999999990D00'))
Edited by: CPearce on Sep 25, 2008 8:03 AM

Hi,
It could be that this is because you are using SYSDATE which contains the time as a fraction rather than TRUNC(SYSDATE) which just contains the current time. It could be that your working_dates_between raises this error.
However, your formula is far more complicated than it needs to be.
Firstly, you want to look at the date window ADD_MONTHS(TRUNC(SYSDATE), -6) to TRUNC(SYSDATE). Then you want to look at the portion of the absence that falls in the date window. This is GREATEST(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date, ADD_MONTHS(TRUNC(SYSDATE), -6)) to LEAST(NVL(Absence Attendance."Actual End Date",TRUNC(SYSDATE)), TRUNC(SYSDATE)). You may need to add 1 to the absence end date because this is the last day of their absence rather than the date they return. It depends how you calculate the days between the start and end
date of the absence. You can create calculations for the start and end date of the absences within the 6 months time window. Create calculation AbsenceStart as
GREATEST(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date, ADD_MONTHS(TRUNC(SYSDATE), -6))
and AbsenceEnd as
LEAST(NVL(Absence Attendance."Actual End Date",TRUNC(SYSDATE)), TRUNC(SYSDATE))
Then you need to only pick up absence that a part of the absence in your 6 month date window. You can use a condition in the workbook or a condition in a case statement to do this. You then need to calculate the difference between these dates and SUM all the values.
SUM(CASE WHEN AbsenceEnd >= AbsenceStart THEN WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(AbsenceStart, AbsenceEnd) END)
That's it. Not so complicated after all.
Rod West

Invalid number error for bind dialog

Oracle SQL Developer version 1.1.2.25 BUILD MAIN-25.79
Running under WinXP
Issue description:
We get an invalid number error when bind variable filled with an enter in the bind dialog

It is hard to say what is causing your problem without the specifics (ie query and value entered for the bind variable). Try running the same statement with the value of the bind variable in place of the bind variable (ie instead of running "select * from dual where dummy = :var" with a value of 'x' for :var, run "select * from dual where dummy = 'x'"). If you get the same error, then it is not an issue with the use of bind variables.
Be aware that currently you cannot define the data type of bind variables (unlike TOAD, etc) and they are all treated as character values. I wouldn't have thought that this would cause you problem unless you are using a bind variable to restrict a numeric column to a specific value and you are entering a non-numeric bind (ie "select * from people where person_id = :id" and using 'xyz' as the value for :id).

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Hi All,
I'm trying to use Case statement to recode Cancelled statuses into two groups
'Reject' if the difference between first date and last date is less than 29 and
'Accept' if the difference between first date and last date is greater than 30
Here is my 'test' data:
STATUS     FIRST_DATE     LAST_DATE
Transfer     10/08/2011     10/09/2011
Mover     10/08/2011     15/09/2011
Cancel     10/08/2011     16/09/2011
Cancel     10/08/2011     5/09/2011
Here is the syntax
select a.*,
(CASE WHEN a.STATUS ='Cancel' THEN (round(a.LAST_DATE-a.FIRST_DATE))
ELSE 0
END) CAN_DAYS,
(CASE WHEN 'CAN_DAYS' >29 THEN 'Reject'
WHEN 'CAN_DAYS' <30 THEN 'Accept'
END) Reject_Accept
from test a
The first CASE statement works fine and gives me this
STATUS     FIRST_DATE     LAST_DATE     CAN_DAYS
Transfer     10/08/2011     10/09/2011     0
Mover     10/08/2011     15/09/2011     0
Cancel     10/08/2011     16/09/2011     37
Cancel     10/08/2011     5/09/2011     26
but the second CASE produces ORA-01722: invalid number Error. It is something to do with the CAN_DAYS data type, Oracle doesn't see it as Numeric i think.
The result i want to see would be
STATUS     FIRST_DATE     LAST_DATE     CAN_DAYS Reject_Accept
Transfer     10/08/2011     10/09/2011     0
Mover     10/08/2011     15/09/2011     0
Cancel     10/08/2011     16/09/2011     37 Accept
Cancel     10/08/2011     5/09/2011     26 Reject
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Thank you in advance,

This seems to give you your desired results...
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    select 'Cancel'            , to_date('10/08/2011')              , to_date('05/09/2011')               from dual
select status
     , first_date
     , last_date
     , CAN_DAYS
     , CASE
          WHEN CAN_DAYS =   0 THEN NULL
          WHEN CAN_DAYS < 30 THEN 'Reject'
          WHEN CAN_DAYS >= 30 THEN 'Accept'
        END Reject_Accept
from ( select status
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               , last_date
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                    WHEN STATUS ='Cancel' THEN round(LAST_DATE-FIRST_DATE)
                    ELSE 0
                  END CAN_DAYS
            from test
;

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Hello,
I have been using Express for a month or so now but have very limited knowledge of how it works.
My Problem:
I have a listing screen for user records which creates records in table QAS_USERS.
When I add a record it saves the data OK and put the record in the list.
When I click on the record in the list it takes me to the edit screen and I can change
the details and it works OK and all the changes get saved to the database.
On the data entry screen I have a list of the User Groups so I can select what group
the user will be in, usual details in username, fullname, email address, password etc..
I then added a routine to create a USER in the APEX Manage USERs.
It creates the record in my table QAS_USERS and it creates a APEX User Account with
the correct details and the record is displayed in the list.
So far so good.
Now the errors start:
1. When I look at the User Account in Administration -> Manage Application Express Users
most of the details have been added but the User Group does not get allocated.
2. The record I created in QAS_USERS appears in the list on my listing screen but when
I click on the Edit Icon on the left of the list I get the following error appear
when the screen changes to the edit screen:
ORA-01722: invalid number
Unable to fetch row error
QAS_USER Table:
ID NUMBER
CREATED_ON DATE
CREATED_BY VARCHAR2(10)
CHANGED_ON DATE
CHANGED_BY VARCHAR2(10)
ACTIVE VARCHAR2(3)
USERNAME VARCHAR2(10)
FULLNAME VARCHAR2(30)
TEAMLEADER VARCHAR2(3)
TEAMLEADER_ID NUMBER
LAB NUMBER
DIRECTOR VARCHAR2(3)
ACTION_MANAGER VARCHAR2(3)
SDM VARCHAR2(3)
GM VARCHAR2(3)
EMAIL_ADDRESS VARCHAR2(50)
PASSWORD VARCHAR2(12)
SDTL VARCHAR2(3)
FIRSTNAME VARCHAR2(30)
LASTNAME VARCHAR2(30)
GROUP_ID NUMBER
USER_ID VARCHAR2(20)
Process Script to create the Express User Account:
Declare
group_id NUMBER;
BEGIN
group_id := APEX_UTIL.get_group_id (:P15_GROUP_ID);
APEX_UTIL.CREATE_USER (
P_USER_NAME => :P15_USERNAME,
P_FIRST_NAME => :P15_FIRSTNAME,
P_LAST_NAME => :P15_LASTNAME,
P_WEB_PASSWORD => :P15_PASSWORD,
P_EMAIL_ADDRESS => :P15_EMAIL_ADDRESS,
p_developer_privs => 'ADMIN',
p_group_ids => group_id);
END;
If any one has any ideas I would be very grateful.
Regards,
Simon.

Hi,
It could be that this is because you are using SYSDATE which contains the time as a fraction rather than TRUNC(SYSDATE) which just contains the current time. It could be that your working_dates_between raises this error.
However, your formula is far more complicated than it needs to be.
Firstly, you want to look at the date window ADD_MONTHS(TRUNC(SYSDATE), -6) to TRUNC(SYSDATE). Then you want to look at the portion of the absence that falls in the date window. This is GREATEST(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date, ADD_MONTHS(TRUNC(SYSDATE), -6)) to LEAST(NVL(Absence Attendance."Actual End Date",TRUNC(SYSDATE)), TRUNC(SYSDATE)). You may need to add 1 to the absence end date because this is the last day of their absence rather than the date they return. It depends how you calculate the days between the start and end
date of the absence. You can create calculations for the start and end date of the absences within the 6 months time window. Create calculation AbsenceStart as
GREATEST(Absence Attendance.Actual Start Date, ADD_MONTHS(TRUNC(SYSDATE), -6))
and AbsenceEnd as
LEAST(NVL(Absence Attendance."Actual End Date",TRUNC(SYSDATE)), TRUNC(SYSDATE))
Then you need to only pick up absence that a part of the absence in your 6 month date window. You can use a condition in the workbook or a condition in a case statement to do this. You then need to calculate the difference between these dates and SUM all the values.
SUM(CASE WHEN AbsenceEnd >= AbsenceStart THEN WORKING_DAYS_BETWEEN(AbsenceStart, AbsenceEnd) END)
That's it. Not so complicated after all.
Rod West

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