SQL Loader error while loading a date field

Question

Hi,
I am getting the below error while I am trying to load a table with a date field using SQL Loader
Record 1: Rejected - Error on table RPT_HOST_USAGE, column USAGE_TIMESTAMP.
ORA-01861: literal does not match format string
My input file is as below
<code>
Host_Usage_ID,Host_ID,Technology_ID,Environment_ID,Usage_Timestamp,Avg_CPU_Pct,Avg_Memory_MB,CPU_Spike
1,12,1,8,'2009-08-01 00:00:00',0.000000000,23875.000000000,0.000000000
<code>
My Loader.ctl is
<code>
OPTIONS (SKIP=1)
load data
infile 'C:\rpt_Host_Usage.txt'
into table RPT_HOST_USAGE
fields terminated by ","
HOST_USAGE_ID,
HOST_ID,
TECHNOLOGY_ID,
ENVIRONMENT_ID,
USAGE_TIMESTAMP,
AVG_CPU_PCT,
AVG_MEMORY_MB,
CPU_SPIKE
<code>
I have tried options like USAGE_TIMESTAMP TO_DATE(USAGE_TIMESTAMP,'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS') but didn't work...
Can you please tell me how to resolve this issue?
Any pointers on this will be helpful
Thanks
Mahesh

Answer 1

I went back and looked at some of my old *.ctl files and I did something simlilar to what you mentioned and it worked for me, but I had surrounded the option in double-quotes and included a colon in front of the item. Example:
TECHNOLOGY_ID,
ENVIRONMENT_ID,
USAGE_TIMESTAMP "to_date(:USAGE_TIMESTAMP,'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS')",
AVG_CPU_PCT,
AVG_MEMORY_MB,
....