External table with empty file

Hi,
My db version: Oracle 11g
I have an empty csv file.
I created a external table for the empty csv file.
When I run:
select count(*) from externaltblname;
It returns 1.
It should return 0 right.
In the definition, I specified "SKIP 1"
But still it returns 1.
When I use this external table to load into a target table. It loads a single row with null values.
How to fix this. Please advice.

What works for me is the following (t_ext points to an empty csv):
SQL> select count(field) from t_ext;
COUNT(FIELD)
           1
1 row selected.
SQL> select ascii(field) from t_ext;
ASCII(FIELD)
          13
1 row selected.
SQL> select count(replace(field, chr(13))) from t_ext;
COUNT(REPLACE(FIELD,CHR(13)))
                            0
1 row selected.

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As an alternative I requested them to create two CSV files and I can use sqlldr to load the detail CSV file of over 1 million rows under 15 seconds. It came to my mind that I could use external tables for this purpose with getting read of header and trailer from the CSV files.
The issue I have is that I am not a DBA so I do not have access to OS host that Oracle instance is running. sqlldr is a client side tool, whereas external tables are server side. I was wondering if there is an alternative in 11g to use external tables without creating directories on the OS host that Oracle runs on? Are there other alternatives?
Thanks
no other alternative

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I tried to regenerate proxy client and i have the same problem.
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we try to deploy our projects with ombplus. The script breaks at the first external table when we do:
OMBCREATE TRANSIENT DEPLOYMENT_ACTION_PLAN 'SVR_ET'
foreach ext_tab [OMBLIST EXTERNAL_TABLES] {
set exttab_path [concat $svr_modul$ext_tab]
OMBALTER DEPLOYMENT_ACTION_PLAN 'SVR_ET' \
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Michael

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Try to make it simple first time without a loop. When you have that fixed you try to do it with a loop.
The example below, witout a loop, works for me.
/JZ
--First script deploy to file
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OMBCONNECT owb_o/owb_o@localhost:1521:owbdb USE REPOSITORY 'owbdb'
OMBCC 'DATAWAREHOUSE'
OMBCONNECT CONTROL_CENTER owb_o/owb_o@localhost:1521:dw \
USE REPOSITORY 'owb_o'
OMBCREATE TRANSIENT DEPLOYMENT_ACTION_PLAN 'DEPLOY_TEST' \
ADD ACTION 'ST_ET_TABELL' \
SET PROPERTIES(OPERATION) VALUES ('CREATE') \
SET REFERENCE EXTERNAL_TABLE '/DATAWAREHOUSE/TEST/ET_TABLE'
OMBDEPLOY DEPLOYMENT_ACTION_PLAN 'DEPLOY_TEST' \
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OMBDISCONNECT CONTROL_CENTER
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