Modifying field lenght for an external table via OWB

Hi folks,
After, I would like to thanks everyone that helps to improve the level of quality of this forum with questions and answers!
I am having a problem with flat files and external tables:
I can't specify the field length in the ORACLE_LOADER parameters via OWB, so the driver consider that all my fields are CHAR(255). Concerning the online documentation for Oracle Utilities Part. no. A96652-01 on page 12-21, it's write that the lack of specification about the datatype or length of a field, the driver will assume the fields name and order of the fields defined on the external table fields and they will be CHAR(255). My problem is that we need to use a field bigger than CHAR(255), so I made this external table for example about our problem:
CREATE TABLE "TESTE"
"NOME" VARCHAR2(300),
"SOBRENOME" VARCHAR2(300))
ORGANIZATION EXTERNAL (
TYPE ORACLE_LOADER
DEFAULT DIRECTORY TARGET_LOC_SRC_FILES_LOC
ACCESS PARAMETERS (
RECORDS DELIMITED BY NEWLINE
CHARACTERSET WE8MSWIN1252
STRING SIZES ARE IN BYTES
NOBADFILE
NODISCARDFILE
NOLOGFILE
FIELDS
TERMINATED BY ';'
NOTRIM
"NOME" ,
"SOBRENOME"
) LOCATION (
TARGET_LOC_SRC_FILES_LOC:'Partners.txt'
REJECT LIMIT UNLIMITED
NOPARALLEL
When we put by hand the field length in this script, it works fine!
Is there a way to put the length of the fields in the FIELDS clause of the SQL*Loader control file using OWB?

Carlos,
Have you tried the following:
- Update the data types in the sampled flat file (i.e. go into the field definitions and edit the length).
- Go into the mapping and inbound reconcile the table (right-mouse click the file operator and select inbound reconcile).
- Regenerate, and review the result.
Thanks,
Mark.

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