Error reading special character in oracle

Question

Hi ,
I am Reading csv file into oracle(10.2.0.4) by using oracle procedure some character are showing ë is like ?,when we run select query .
if we insert data by using insert query its not getting any problem,please help me how to read csv file and over come this problem.
Thanks
tmadgul

Answer 1

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE ADVAR_CMN_HU.upload_invoice_descr_usha (l_user IN VARCHAR)
AS
-- input_file UTL_FILE.file_type;
-- input_record NVARCHAR2 (10000 char) ;
-- temp_record NVARCHAR2 (10000 char) ;
-- tmp_codjal varchar2(20); -- ctcdf0.codjal%TYPE;
-- tmp_numfac NUMBER (10);--ctcdf0.numfac%TYPE;
-- tmp_nument ctcdf0.nument%TYPE;
-- l_sysdate VARCHAR2 (10);
-- --l_last_updated_dt   inv_cr_descr.created_dt%TYPE;
-- l_success_count NUMBER (3);
-- l_rejected_count NUMBER (3);
-- index1 NUMBER (3);
-- ix1 NUMBER (3);
-- ix2 NUMBER (3);
-- ix3 NUMBER (3);
-- l_seq NUMBER (10) := 0;
-- v_count NUMBER (4) := 0;
-- tmp_descr NVARCHAR2 (200 char) ;
-- w_sucess_codjal_numfac CHAR (1);
-- w_sucess_numfac CHAR (1);
-- w_sucess_nument CHAR (1);
-- ex_invalid_codjal EXCEPTION;
-- ex_invalid_numfac EXCEPTION;
-- ex_invalid_nument EXCEPTION;
--BEGIN
l_xmlclob CLOB := EMPTY_CLOB;
--l_xmlclob varchar2(4000);
l_bfile bfile;
l_length number ;
l_csid number := 873;
l_amt number default 0;
l_loc NUMBER := 0;
l_anc NUMBER := 1;
l_offset number default 1;
l_text VARCHAR2(300) ;
dst_offset number := 1;
src_offset number := 1;
lang_ctx number :=0;
warning number;
BEGIN
dbms_lob.createtemporary(l_xmlclob, TRUE);
l_bfile := bfilename('DIR_ST_HU', 'UPLDESC.CSV');
dbms_lob.fileopen(l_bfile);
dbms_lob.loadclobfromfile(l_xmlclob,l_bfile,dbms_lob.getlength(l_bfile),dst_offset,src_offset,l_csid,lang_ctx,warning );
dbms_lob.fileclose(l_bfile);
-- CLOB length
dbms_output.put_line(dbms_lob.getlength(l_xmlclob) );
dbms_output.put_line(l_xmlclob);
-- display the CLOB content
LOOP
l_loc := dbms_lob.instr(l_xmlclob,';', l_anc);
l_text := dbms_lob.substr(l_xmlclob, l_loc - l_anc, l_anc);
l_anc := l_loc + 1;
dbms_output.put_line(l_text);
EXIT WHEN l_loc = 0;
END LOOP;
END upload_invoice_descr_usha;
o/p is like this
27
SMI;101022;¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿
SMI
101022
Edited by: tmadugula on Feb 17, 2011 11:22 PM