Data Loading using SQL* Loader giving errors..
While loading the data using SQL* Loader, I came across the following errors:
- SQL*Loader-00604 Error occurred on an attempt to commit
- ORA-01041 internal error. hostdef extension doesn't exist
My Control and Data files have proper Carriage Returns i.e. the last line of both the files is blank.
So, if somebody know about this, plz help me.
Thanx
ORA-00604 error occurred at recursive SQL level string
Cause: An error occurred while processing a recursive SQL statement (a statement applying to internal dictionary tables).
Action: If the situation described in the next error on the stack can be corrected, do so; otherwise contact Oracle Support Services
This kind of error occurs when data dictionary is
query a lot.
Joel P�rez
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How to load date column using sql loader
Hi,
I am trying to load a file using sql loader. my date value in the file is '2/24/2009 8:23:05 pm',
In control file for this column i specified like this
rec_date date ''mm/dd/yyyy hh:mi:ss pm"
But i am getting following error
not avalid month.
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sudheerHi,
Use this example as reference:
CTL file:
LOAD DATA
INFILE 'test.txt'
BADFILE 'test.bad'
truncate INTO TABLE T3
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ';' OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '|' TRAILING NULLCOLS
dt_date DATE "mm/dd/yyyy hh:mi:ss pm")DAT file:
2/24/2009 8:23:05 pm
C:\ext_files>sqlldr hr/hr control=test.ctl
SQL*Loader: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Wed Jul 1 20:35:35 2009
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Commit point reached - logical record count 1
Connected to Oracle Database 10g Express Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0
Connected as hr
SQL> desc t3;
Name Type Nullable Default Comments
DT_DATE DATE Y
SQL> select to_char(dt_date, 'mm/dd/yyyy hh24:mi:ss') from t3;
TO_CHAR(DT_DATE,'MM/DD/YYYYHH2
02/24/2009 20:23:05
SQL> Regards,
Edited by: Walter Fernández on Jul 1, 2009 8:35 PM - Adding example...
Edited by: Walter Fernández on Jul 1, 2009 8:38 PM
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i am trying to load approx. 230 million records (around 60-bytes per record) from a flat file into a single table. i have tried sql-loader (conventional load) and i'm seeing performance degrade as the file is being processed. i am avoiding direct path sql-loading because i need to maintain uniqueness using my primary key index during the load. so the degradation of the load performance doesn't shock me. the source data file contains duplicate records and may contain records that are duplicates of those that are already in the table (i am appending during sql-loader).
my other option is to unload the entire table to a flat file, concatenate the new file onto it, run it through a unique sort, and then direct-path load it.
has anyone had a similar experience? any cool solutions available that are quick?
thanks,
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This way you could direct load into an oracle table then you could
INSERT /*+ APPEND */ INTO Final_Table
SELECT DISTINCT *
FROM Temp_Table
ORDER BY ID;This would do a 'direct load' type move from your temp teable to the final table, which automatically merging the duplicate records;
So
1) Direct Load from SQL*Loader into temp table.
2) Place index (non-unique) on temp table column ID.
3) Direct load INSERT into the final table.
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Good Luck,
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Hi
I have the following column in my data file
C1,C2,C3,C4,C5,C6
the columns in my table are
A1,A2,A5,A6
the datatype for the columns are varchar.
the value to be inserted is as follow
C1=A1
C2=A2
C5=A5
C6=A6
MY ctl file is as follows
OPTIONS(SKIP=1, ERRORS=99, ROWS=100)
LOAD DATA
APPEND
INTO TABLE xxx
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
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A1 "C1",
A2 "C2",
A3 FILLER,
A4 FILLER,
A5 "C5",
A6 "C6"
I got the below error
SQL*Loader-350: Syntax error at line
Expecting "," or ")", found "FILLER".
Requirement is there is not need of the column C3,C4...
(Note i cannot delete the column )
Pls do help me out.
Regards
YramSomething like the below probably could help you if you don’t want to use the keyword FILLER in the CTL file, take a look –
The idea is to use the FULL text to load and then extract the columns from the position required within the string –
Table –
SQL> desc test
Name Null? Type
COL1 VARCHAR2(10)
COL2 VARCHAR2(10)
COL3 VARCHAR2(10)
COL4 VARCHAR2(10)
COL5 VARCHAR2(10)
COL6 VARCHAR2(10)
COL7 VARCHAR2(10)
COL8 VARCHAR2(10)
COL9 VARCHAR2(10)
COL10 VARCHAR2(10)
Data File
Col1x,Col2x,Col3x,col4x,col5x,col6x,col7x,col8x,col9x,col10x
Mapping
Col1 : Collx
Col3 : Col3x
Col5 : Col8x
Col8 : Col10x
*** Rest all the columns not mapped to the Data file
The Control File
Load Data
INFILE '/temp/Shailender/test.dat'
Into TABLE Test
APPEND
TRAILING NULLCOLS
Col1 position(1:61) "Substr(:Col1, 1, INSTR(:col1,',',1)-1)"
,Col3 position(1:61) "Substr(:Col3, INSTR(:col3,',',1,2)+1, ( INSTR(:col3,',',1,3)-INSTR(:col3,',',1,2)-1 ))"
,Col5 position(1:61) "Substr(:Col5, INSTR(:col5,',',1,7)+1, ( INSTR(:col3,',',1,8)-INSTR(:col3,',',1,7)-1 ))"
,Col8 position(1:61) "Substr(:Col8, INSTR(:col8,',',-1)+1)"
SQL> select * from test
2 /
COL1 COL2 COL3 COL4 COL5 COL6 COL7
COL8 COL9 COL10
Col1x Col3x col8x
col10x
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I have to load data consisting of English and Traditional Chinese characters into 8.1.5 from external files. These external files are in MS Excel.
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nullORA-00604 error occurred at recursive SQL level string
Cause: An error occurred while processing a recursive SQL statement (a statement applying to internal dictionary tables).
Action: If the situation described in the next error on the stack can be corrected, do so; otherwise contact Oracle Support Services
This kind of error occurs when data dictionary is
query a lot.
Joel P�rez -
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Below are 2 techniques using which the data can be loaded from Flat files to oracle tables.
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Load Data
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2,two,second
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Shortcomings:
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Using Sql Loader You can –
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SQL*Loader: Release 10.2.0.3.0 - Production on Wed Nov 13 10:10:24 2013
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
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Commit point reached - logical record count 2
SQL> select * from emp_t;
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1 Kaushal halani 5000
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Best regards
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Early reply will be highly appreciated
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10 KK 01-jan-2005
20 10
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ORA-00913: too many values
I also tested out scanning_date DATE "YYYY-MM-DD", but that just gave the same ORA-01841 error message as above.
I must be doing something very simple which is wrong but I cannot figure it out.
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load data
infile 'h:\insert_statements\22_insert_into_SCAN_FILE_INFO.txt'
REPLACE
into table SCAN_FILE_INFO
fields terminated by "," optionally enclosed by '^'
TRAILING NULLCOLS
(scan_id, scan_filename
file_format_id
orig_scanning_resolution_dpi
scanner_id, scanner_operator_id
scanning_date "TO_DATE(REPLACE(REPLACE(:scanning_date,'TO_DATE('),'''YYYY-MM-DD'')'), 'YYYY-MM-DD')"
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insert
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Edited by: PhoenixBai on Dec 28, 2010 2:50 PMProblem solved, by removing the NLS_LANG=ENGLISH.
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before the load, data is as below:
|AD |安道尔共和国 |
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|AF |阿富汗 |
|AG |安提瓜和巴布达 |
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