How to validate data is in specific list while loading from SQL*Loader

I have a sample data file like below
1,name1,05/02/2012 10:00:00,blue
2,name2,06/02/2012 10:00:00,red
3,name3,07/02/2012 10:00:00,yellow
4,name4,08/02/2012 10:00:00,white
I would like to validate 4Th column to be a valid color (ie) All color should be in a specific list, if it is not in the lis then the record should do to bad/discard file
How can do that while loading Data From SQL*Loader?

user8860934 wrote:
I have a sample data file like below
1,name1,05/02/2012 10:00:00,blue
2,name2,06/02/2012 10:00:00,red
3,name3,07/02/2012 10:00:00,yellow
4,name4,08/02/2012 10:00:00,white
I would like to validate 4Th column to be a valid color (ie) All color should be in a specific list, if it is not in the lis then the record should do to bad/discard file
How can do that while loading Data From SQL*Loader?Probably a lot easier with an EXTERNAL TABLE (they're much more flexible).
Is SQL Loader a mandatory requirement for some reason?

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1)     SQL Loader:
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b.     Create a control file
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abc.csv
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2,two,second
3,three,third
4,four,fourth
b.     Create a directory
create or replace directory ext_dir as '/home/rene/ext_dir'; -- path where the source file is kept
c.     After granting appropriate permissions to the user, we can create external table like below.
create table ext_table_csv (
i Number,
n Varchar2(20),
m Varchar2(20)
organization external (
type oracle_loader
default directory ext_dir
access parameters (
records delimited by newline
fields terminated by ','
missing field values are null
location ('file.csv')
reject limit unlimited;
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External tables feature is a complement to existing SQL*Loader functionality.
It allows you to –
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•     Merge a flat file with an existing table in one statement.
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•     Do a parallel direct path load -- without splitting up the input file, writing
Shortcomings:
•     External tables are read-only.
•     No data manipulation language (DML) operations or index creation is allowed on an external table.
Using Sql Loader You can –
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•     Do multi-table inserts
•     Flow the data through a pipelined plsql function for cleansing/transformation
Comparison for data loading
To make the loading operation faster, the degree of parallelism can be set to any number, e.g 4
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Conclusion:
SQL*Loader may be the better choice in data loading situations that require additional indexing of the staging table. However, we can always copy the data from external tables to Oracle Tables using DB links.

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Check data before loading through SQL *Loader

Hi all,
I have a temp table which is loaded through SQL*Loader.This table is used by a procedure for inserting data into another table.
I get error of 0RA-01722 frequently during procdures execution.
I have decided to check for the error data through the control file itself.
I have few doubts about SQL Loader.
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Does declaring column as INTERGER EXTERNAL take care of NULL values?
Does a whole record gets discarded if one of the column data is misplaced in the record in input file?
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APPEND INTO TABLE Temp
FIELDS TERMINATED BY "|" optionally enclosed by "'"
trailing nullcols
FILEDATE DATE 'DD/MM/YYYY',
ACC_NUM INTEGER EXTERNAL,
REC_TYPE ,
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CARD_NUM INTEGER EXTERNAL,
ACTION_DATE DATE 'DD/MM/YYYY',
EFFECTIVE_DATE DATE 'DD/MM/YYYY',
ACTION_AMOUNT , (Data:Numeric Declared:NUMBER)
ACTION_STORE , (Data:Numeric Declared:VARCHAR)
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Here it is

HELP! How to validate DATE?

Hello...
how to validate a DATE variable?
I have used SimpleDateFormat (dd/MM/yyyy).
For some input it worked fine, but for:
12/67/200394 (OK!) <- this is false, right? but not trapped!
1234546 (TRAPPED!)
12/324/1234 (OK!) <- this is false, right? but not trapped!
I need to have a 100% working Date validator.
Plz Help.
Thank you.

Hey -
I used to following code on your dates to get the results you were looking for...
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.text.ParsePosition;
import java.util.Date;
public class DateFormatTest {
 public static void main(String[] args) {
 SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
 df.setLenient(false);
 ParsePosition pos = new ParsePosition(0);
 String strDate = " 12/67/200394";
 Date date = df.parse(strDate, pos);
 // Check all possible things that signal a parsing error
 if ((date == null) || (pos.getErrorIndex() != -1)) {
 System.out.println("Error: " + pos.getIndex());
 if (date == null) {
 System.out.println("Date is null");
 if (pos.getErrorIndex() != -1) {
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Lee

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could you please anyone help me on this issue
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{ 
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 if(temp.length()!= 4)
 return false;
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 System.out.println("date1"+resultDateString);
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 System.out.println(de);
 return false;
 
 }
 return true;
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A useful Data util class
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
public final class SlacDate implements Comparable
 public final static int FormatDDMMCCYY = 0;
 public final static int FormatMMDDCCYY = 1;
 public final static int FormatDATETIME = 2;
 public final static int FormatMMMDDTIME = 3;
 public final static int FormatTIMESTAMP = 4;
 public final static int FormatCCYYMMDD = 5;
 public final static int FormatCCYYMMDDHHMM = 6;
 public final static int FormatCCYYMMDDHHMMSS = 7;
 public final static int FormatDDMMCCYYTIME = 8;
 public final static int FormatDATEVERBOSE = 9;
 public final static int FormatDATETIMEVERBOSE = 10;
 public final static int FormatHHMMSS = 11;
 public final static int FormatHHMMSSMIL = 12;
 public final static int FormatDB2TIMESTAMP = 13;
 public final static int FormatUDBTIMESTAMP = 14;
 public final static int JANUARY = 1;
 public final static int FEBRUARY = 2;
 public final static int MARCH = 3;
 public final static int APRIL = 4;
 public final static int MAY = 5;
 public final static int JUNE = 6;
 public final static int JULY = 7;
 public final static int AUGUST = 8;
 public final static int SEPTEMBER = 9;
 public final static int OCTOBER = 10;
 public final static int NOVEMBER = 11;
 public final static int DECEMBER = 12;
 public final static int MONTHS_IN_YEAR = 12;
 public final static int SUNDAY = 1;
 public final static int MONDAY = 2;
 public final static int TUESDAY = 3;
 public final static int WEDNESDAY = 4;
 public final static int THURSDAY = 5;
 public final static int FRIDAY = 6;
 public final static int SATURDAY = 7;
 public final static int DAYS_IN_WEEK = 7;
 private final static int DefaultHours = 12;
 private final static int DefaultMinutes = 0;
 private final static int DefaultSeconds = 0;
 private final static int DefaultMillis = 0;
 private final static int DaysInMonth[] = { 31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31 };
 private final static String MonthAbbrev[] = { "Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec" };
 private final static String MonthVerbose[] = { "January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December" };
 private final static String DaysOfWeekAbbrev[] = { "Sun", "Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat" };
 private final static String DaysOfWeek[] = { "Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday" };
 private final static String DayExtension[] = { "th", "st", "nd", "rd", "th", "th", "th", "th", "th", "th" };
 private final static String EMPTY = "";
 private final static String COLON = ":";
 private final static String PERIOD = ".";
 private final static String HYPHEN = "-";
 private final static String SPACE = " ";
 private final static String ZERO = "0";
 private static String s_dateSep = HYPHEN;
 private int m_dd, m_mm, m_yyyy, m_hh, m_min, m_ss, m_mil;
 private static long MillisInSecond = 1000;
 private static long MillisInMinute = MillisInSecond * 60;
 private static long MillisInHour = MillisInMinute * 60;
 private static long MillisInDay = MillisInHour * 24;
 * JDK_BST_FIX
 * Static initialisation block - check JDK vendor/version in order to determine whether
 * an adjustment to correctly report British summertime needs to be made. This is required
 * in order to fix a bug in some Sun & IBM JDKs. If an untested version of the Sun or IBM JDK
 * is used, we log an error message warning that this block of code should be examained and
 * changed as appropriate. This is ugly, but will prevent a new JDK being used and this bug
 * creeping back in.
 * Note the following JDKs have been tested under both NT & AIX
 * JDK Version NT AIX
 * 1.1.7 (IBM) x x
 * 1.1.7A (IBM) ?
 * 1.1.7B (IBM) ? ?
 * 1.1.8 (IBM) x x
 * 1.2.2 (IBM) ok ok
 * 1.1.7 (SUN) x x
 * 1.1.8 (SUN) x x
 * 1.2 (SUN) x x
 private final static String SunVendorString = "Sun Microsystems Inc.";
 private final static String IBMVendorString = "IBM"; // Can also be 'IBM Corporation'
 private final static String SunProblemJDKs[] = { "1.1.4", "1.1.5", "1.1.6", "1.1.7", "1.1.7A", "1.1.7B", "1.1.8", "1.2", "1.2.2" };
 private final static String SunOKJDKs[] = { "1.0.2", "1.1.2", "1.1.3", "1.4.0", "1.4.2"};
 private final static String IBMProblemJDKs[] = { "1.1.4", "1.1.5", "1.1.6", "1.1.7", "1.1.7A", "1.1.8" };
 private final static String IBMOKJDKs[] = { "1.0.2", "1.1.2", "1.1.3", "1.1.7B", "1.2.2", "1.3.0", "1.3.1" };
 private static boolean s_adjustForBST = false;
 static
 String vendor = System.getProperty("java.vendor");
 String jdk = System.getProperty("java.version");
 // Check applies to Sun only.
 if (vendor.equals(SunVendorString) || vendor.startsWith(IBMVendorString))
 String problemJDKs[] = null;
 String OKJDKs[] = null;
 if (vendor.equals(SunVendorString))
 problemJDKs = SunProblemJDKs;
 OKJDKs = SunOKJDKs;
 else
 problemJDKs = IBMProblemJDKs;
 OKJDKs = IBMOKJDKs;
 // Determine whether we need to make adjustment
 for (int i = 0; i < problemJDKs.length; i++)
 if (problemJDKs.equals(jdk))
 s_adjustForBST = true;
 break;
 // If we do not need to make the adjustment then check that the
 // JDK reported is one of the versions that we know to be good.
 // If it is not log an error message.
 if (!s_adjustForBST)
 boolean goodJDK = false;
 for (int i = 0; i < OKJDKs.length; i++)
 if (OKJDKs[i].equals(jdk))
 goodJDK = true;
 break;
/* CR176 - we now anticipate that all JDKs post 1.3.x are "good" ones
 if (!goodJDK)
 // We do not use the SingletonLogger mechanism since we
 // cannot be sure that these singleton objects have been instantiated
 // at this point, and in any case it is not desirable to introduce
 // this dependancy into SlacDate.
 System.err.println("JDK VERSION ERROR : Unsupported JDK - '" + jdk + "' provided by '" + vendor + "'. SlacDate class requires examination.");
 * Construct the date with todays date.
 * This should be the only place where a Date object is explicitly instantiated. All
 * other code should use SlacDate. If the s_adjustForBST flag is set and the date falls
 * between the last sunday of March and the last Sunday of October (inclusive) then we need
 * to make an adjustment of +1 hour so that British Summertime is correctly reported.
 private SlacDate()
 init(Calendar.getInstance());
 * Construct the date with the specified day, month and year.
 * @param year The year to set the date to
 * @param month The month to set the date to
 * @param date The date to set the date to
 * @exception InvalidDateException Invalid date parameters passed in.
 public SlacDate(int year, int month, int date) throws InvalidDateException
 init(year, month, date, DefaultHours, DefaultMinutes, DefaultSeconds, DefaultMillis);
 * Construct the date with the specified day, month, year, hour and minute.
 * @param year The year to set the date to
 * @param month The month to set the date to
 * @param date The date to set the date to
 * @param hr The hour to set the date to
 * @param min The minute to set the date to
 * @exception InvalidDateException Invalid date parameters passed in.
 public SlacDate(int year, int month, int date, int hr, int min) throws InvalidDateException
 init(year, month, date, hr, min, DefaultSeconds, DefaultMillis);
 * Construct the date with the specified day, month, year, hour, minute and second.
 * Will default to 0 milliseconds.
 * @param year The year to set the date to
 * @param month The month to set the date to
 * @param date The date to set the date to
 * @param hr The hour to set the date to
 * @param min The minute to set the date to
 * @param sec The second to set the date to
 * @exception InvalidDateException Invalid date parameters passed in.
 public SlacDate(int year, int month, int date, int hr, int min, int sec) throws InvalidDateException
 init(year, month, date, hr, min, sec, DefaultMillis);
 * Construct the date with the specified day, month, year, hour, minute, second and milliseconds.
 * @param year The year to set the date to
 * @param month The month to set the date to
 * @param date The date to set the date to
 * @param hr The hour to set the date to
 * @param min The minute to set the date to
 * @param sec The second to set the date to
 * @param millis The milliseconds to set the date to
 * @exception InvalidDateException Invalid date parameters passed in.
 public SlacDate(int year, int month, int date, int hr, int min, int sec, int millis) throws InvalidDateException
 init(year, month, date, hr, min, sec, millis);
 * Construct the date from a timestamp.
 public SlacDate(long timestamp) throws InvalidDateException
 Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
 cal.setTime(new Date(timestamp));
 init(cal);
 * Construct the date from the specified string. Note that the date must
 * be in day/month/year format.
 * @param date The date string.
 * @exception InvalidDateException The date passed in is invalid.
 public SlacDate(String date) throws InvalidDateException
 init(date);
 * Construct the date from the specified string. The format passed in will
 * identify the format of the date.
 * @param date The date string.
 * @param format The format of the date.
 * @exception InvalidDateException The date passed in is invalid.
 public SlacDate(String date, int format) throws InvalidDateException
 if (format == FormatCCYYMMDD || format == FormatCCYYMMDDHHMM || format == FormatCCYYMMDDHHMMSS)
 boolean valid = false;
 date = date.trim();
 if (date.length() >= 8)
 try
 int year = Integer.parseInt(date.substring(0,4));
 int month = Integer.parseInt(date.substring(4,6));
 int day = Integer.parseInt(date.substring(6,8));
 int hour;
 int min;
 int sec;
 if (date.length() > 8)
 hour = Integer.parseInt(date.substring(8,10));
 min = Integer.parseInt(date.substring(10,12));
 if (date.length() >= 14)
 sec = Integer.parseInt(date.substring(12,14));
 else
 sec = DefaultSeconds;
 else
 hour = DefaultHours;
 min = DefaultMinutes;
 sec = DefaultSeconds;
 init(year, month, day, hour, min, sec, DefaultMillis);
 valid = true;
 catch (Exception e)
 if (!valid)
 throw new InvalidDateException("Invalid date: " + date + " for the specified format");
 else if (format == FormatDB2TIMESTAMP || format == FormatUDBTIMESTAMP)
 // 2002-02-04 10:49:30.999000 (UDB)
 // 2002-02-04-10.49.30.999000 (DB2)
 int year = Integer.parseInt(date.substring(0,4));
 int month = Integer.parseInt(date.substring(5,7));
 int day = Integer.parseInt(date.substring(8,10));
 int hour = Integer.parseInt(date.substring(11,13));
 int min = Integer.parseInt(date.substring(14,16));
 int sec = Integer.parseInt(date.substring(17,19));
 int millis = Integer.parseInt(date.substring(20,23));
 init(year, month, day, hour, min, sec, millis);
 else
 init(date);
 * Construct the date with the java.util.Date passed in.
 public SlacDate(Date date)
 init(date);
 * Init the date with the java.util.Date passed in.
 private void init(Date date)
 Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
 cal.setTime(date);
 init(cal);
 * Return whether this date is after the date passed in.
 * @d2 The date to compare against.
 * @return Whether this date is after the date passed in.
 public boolean after(SlacDate d2)
 int xx = d2.getYear();
 if (m_yyyy > xx)
 return true;
 else if (m_yyyy < xx)
 return false;
 else
 xx = d2.getMonth();
 if (m_mm > xx)
 return true;
 else if (m_mm < xx)
 return false;
 else
 xx = d2.getDate();
 if (m_dd > xx)
 return true;
 else if (m_dd < xx)
 return false;
 else
 xx = d2.getHour();
 if (m_hh > xx)
 return true;
 else if (m_hh < xx)
 return false;
 else
 xx = d2.getMinute();
 if (m_min > xx)
 return true;
 else if (m_min < xx)
 return false;
 else
 xx = d2.getSecond();
 if (m_ss > xx)
 return true;
 else if (m_ss < xx)
 return false;
 else
 return (m_mil > d2.getMillisecond());
 private void appendHoursMinutes(StringBuffer str, String separator)
 if (m_hh < 10)
 str.append(ZERO);
 str.append(Integer.toString(m_hh));
 if (!separator.equals(EMPTY))
 str.append(separator);
 if (m_min < 10)
 str.append(ZERO);
 str.append(Integer.toString(m_min));
 private void appendTime(StringBuffer str, String separator, boolean addMillis)
 appendHoursMinutes(str, separator);
 if (!separator.equals(EMPTY))
 str.append(separator);
 if (m_ss < 10)
 str.append(ZERO);
 str.append(Integer.toString(m_ss));
 if (addMillis)
 if (!separator.equals(EMPTY))
 str.append(separator);
 if (m_mil < 100)
 str.append(ZERO);
 if (m_mil < 10)
 str.append(ZERO);
 str.append(m_mil);
 * Version of the asString() method which defaults to FormatDDMMCCYY.
 * An example date in this format is:
 * <pre>
 * 25-02-1999
 * </pre>
 * @return The Date as a string in DDMMCCYY format.
 public String asString()
 return asString(FormatDDMMCCYY);
 * Convert the date to a String. This will format the Date as defined by the format
 * passed in. The default parameter is FormatDDMMCCYY.
 * The valid formats are:
 * <ul>
 * <li>FormatDDMMCCYY</li>
 * <li>FormatMMDDCCYY</li>
 * <li>FormatDATETIME</li>
 * <li>FormatDDMMTIME</li>
 * <li>FormatTIMESTAMP</li>
 * <li>FormatCCYYMMDD</li>
 * <li>FormatCCYYMMDDHHMM</li>
 * <li>FormatCCYYMMDDHHMMSS</li>
 * <li>FormatDDMMCCYYTIME</li>
 * <li>FormatDATEVERBOSE</li>
 * <li>FormatDATETIMEVERBOSE</li>
 * <li>FormatHHMMSS</li>
 * <li>FormatHHMMSSMIL</li>
 * <li>FormatDB2TIMESTAMP</li>
 * <li>FormatUDBTIMESTAMP</li>
 * </ul>
 * @param format The format to return the string in.
 * @return The date in string format (as specified by the format parameter).
 public String asString(int format)
 StringBuffer str = new StringBuffer(20);
 if (format == FormatDB2TIMESTAMP || format == FormatUDBTIMESTAMP)
 str.append(Integer.toString(getYear()));
 str.append(HYPHEN);
 int month = getMonth();
 if (month < 10)
 str.append(ZERO);
 str.append(Integer.toString(month));
 str.append(HYPHEN);
 int day = getDate();
 if (day < 10)
 str.append(ZERO);
 str.append(Integer.toString(day));
 String dateTimeSeparator = new String();
 if (format == FormatDB2TIMESTAMP)
 dateTimeSeparator = HYPHEN;
 else if (format == FormatUDBTIMESTAMP)
 dateTimeSeparator = SPACE;
 str.append(dateTimeSeparator);
 String timeSeparator = new String();
 if (format == FormatDB2TIMESTAMP)
 timeSeparator = PERIOD;
 else if (format == FormatUDBTIMESTAMP)
 timeSeparator = COLON;
 appendTime(str, timeSeparator, true);
 str.append("000");
 else if (format == FormatDATETIME || format == FormatMMMDDTIME || format == FormatTIMESTAMP)
 str.append(getMonthNameAbbrev());
 str.append(SPACE);
 if (m_dd < 10)
 str.append(ZERO);
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 * @param months The number of months to increment by
 * @param days The number of days to increment by
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