Multiple CONTINUEIF statements in SQL Loader

Anyone know how to do this?
Yes. I have read the Oracle documentation on SQL Loader and use of the CONTINUEIF statement. It doesn't state what the syntax is when setting CONTINUEIF for different columns, some that may not be contiguous.
I want to say something like
CONTINUEIF THIS (10)='-' AND THIS (11)='/'
I've tried various permutations of this syntax and a few others. Nothing I've tried works.
I can get CONTINUEIF to work if I only use one instance(column) specification.
Thank You in advance for any help.

You can only use a single CONTINUEIF clause in a SQL*Loader command file. If the characters are contiguous, then you can use CONTINUEIF THIS (10-11)='-/'

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http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14215/ldr_field_list.htm#sthref1129
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TableA
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fields terminated by ","
OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
VENDOR_INTERFACE_ID "VDR_INF_F(':CUSTOMER_NUM','9999')",
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PURCHASING_SITE_FLAG,
PAY_SITE_FLAG,
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ADDRESS_LINE3,
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STATE,
ZIP,
COUNTRY,
PHONE,
FAX,
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PAYMENT_CURRENCY_CODE,
COUNTRY_OF_ORIGIN_CODE,
FREIGHT_TERMS_LOOKUP_CODE,
PAY_GROUP_LOOKUP_CODE,
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1005,,SYSDATE,1132,Test MA Site_2,SYSDATE,1132,Y,Y,No#907 62nd Street ,10th Sector,KK Nagar,Chennai,TamilNadu,600078,IN,+91 44 33333333,044 40404040,CHECK,10000,Y,N,[email protected],R,Y,INR,INR,IN,TBD,STANDARD,DISCOUNT,Y,120
1005,,SYSDATE,1132,Test MA Site_3,SYSDATE,1132,Y,Y,No#907 62nd Street ,10th Sector,KK Nagar,Chennai,TamilNadu,600078,IN,+91 44 33333333,044 40404040,CHECK,10000,Y,N,[email protected],R,Y,INR,INR,IN,TBD,STANDARD,DISCOUNT,Y,120
1006,,SYSDATE,1132,Test1 M Site_1,SYSDATE,1132,Y,Y,No#907 62nd Street ,10th Sector,KK Nagar,Chennai,TamilNadu,600078,IN,+91 44 33333333,044 40404040,CHECK,10000,Y,N,[email protected],R,Y,INR,INR,IN,TBD,STANDARD,DISCOUNT,Y,120
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Table "AP"."AP_SUPPLIER_SITES_INT", loaded from every logical record.
Insert option in effect for this table: REPLACE
Column Name Position Len Term Encl Datatype
VENDOR_INTERFACE_ID FIRST * , O(") CHARACTER
SQL string for column : "VDR_INF_F(':CUSTOMER_NUM','9999')"
VENDOR_SITE_INTERFACE_ID NEXT * , O(") CHARACTER
SQL string for column : "(ap_supplier_sites_int_s.NEXTVAL)"
LAST_UPDATE_DATE NEXT * , O(") CHARACTER
SQL string for column : "SYSDATE"
LAST_UPDATED_BY NEXT * , O(") CHARACTER
VENDOR_SITE_CODE NEXT * , O(") CHARACTER
CREATION_DATE NEXT * , O(") CHARACTER
SQL string for column : "SYSDATE"
CREATED_BY NEXT * , O(") CHARACTER
PURCHASING_SITE_FLAG NEXT * , O(") CHARACTER
PAY_SITE_FLAG NEXT * , O(") CHARACTER
ADDRESS_LINE1 NEXT * , O(") CHARACTER
ADDRESS_LINE2 NEXT * , O(") CHARACTER
ADDRESS_LINE3 NEXT * , O(") CHARACTER
CITY NEXT * , O(") CHARACTER
STATE NEXT * , O(") CHARACTER
ZIP NEXT * , O(") CHARACTER
COUNTRY NEXT * , O(") CHARACTER
PHONE NEXT * , O(") CHARACTER
FAX NEXT * , O(") CHARACTER
PAYMENT_METHOD_LOOKUP_CODE NEXT * , O(") CHARACTER
TERMS_ID NEXT * , O(") CHARACTER
CREATE_DEBIT_MEMO_FLAG NEXT * , O(") CHARACTER
HOLD_UNMATCHED_INVOICES_FLAG NEXT * , O(") CHARACTER
EMAIL_ADDRESS NEXT * , O(") CHARACTER
MATCH_OPTION NEXT * , O(") CHARACTER
EXCLUDE_FREIGHT_FROM_DISCOUNT NEXT * , O(") CHARACTER
INVOICE_CURRENCY_CODE NEXT * , O(") CHARACTER
PAYMENT_CURRENCY_CODE NEXT * , O(") CHARACTER
COUNTRY_OF_ORIGIN_CODE NEXT * , O(") CHARACTER
FREIGHT_TERMS_LOOKUP_CODE NEXT * , O(") CHARACTER
PAY_GROUP_LOOKUP_CODE NEXT * , O(") CHARACTER
PAY_DATE_BASIS_LOOKUP_CODE NEXT * , O(") CHARACTER
ALWAYS_TAKE_DISC_FLAG NEXT * , O(") CHARACTER
ORG_ID NEXT * , O(") CHARACTER
value used for ROWS parameter changed from 64 to 30
Record 1: Rejected - Error on table "AP"."AP_SUPPLIER_SITES_INT", column VENDOR_INTERFACE_ID.
ORA-06553: PLS-306: wrong number or types of arguments in call to 'VDR_INF_F'
Record 2: Rejected - Error on table "AP"."AP_SUPPLIER_SITES_INT", column VENDOR_INTERFACE_ID.
ORA-06553: PLS-306: wrong number or types of arguments in call to 'VDR_INF_F'
Record 3: Rejected - Error on table "AP"."AP_SUPPLIER_SITES_INT", column VENDOR_INTERFACE_ID.
ORA-06553: PLS-306: wrong number or types of arguments in call to 'VDR_INF_F'
Record 4: Rejected - Error on table "AP"."AP_SUPPLIER_SITES_INT", column VENDOR_INTERFACE_ID.
ORA-06553: PLS-306: wrong number or types of arguments in call to 'VDR_INF_F'
Record 5: Rejected - Error on table "AP"."AP_SUPPLIER_SITES_INT", column VENDOR_INTERFACE_ID.
ORA-06553: PLS-306: wrong number or types of arguments in call to 'VDR_INF_F'
Thanks and Regards,
Muthu

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2664 YOUNG 20 2893 425
5321 OTOOLE 10 9999 321
2134 FARMER 20 4555 236
2414 LITTLE 20 5634 236
6542 LEE 10 4532 102
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1244 HUNT 11 3452 665
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Column3 - Depno.
Column4 - MGR
Column5 - Proj no.
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BADFILE 'ulcase5.bad'
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deptno POSITION(17:18) CHAR,
mgr POSITION(20:23) INTEGER EXTERNAL)
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Dear All,
I got a requirement where I need to get data from a text file and insert the same into oracle table.
I am using SQL*Loader to populate the data from the text file into my table.
The file has one field where I am expecting date date data in multiple formats, like dd/mon/yyyy, yyyy/dd/mon, yyyy/mon/dd, ,mm/dd/yyyy, mon/dd/yyyy.
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The point being made was, are you sure that you can uniquely identify a date format from the value you receieve? Are you sure that the data stored is only of a particular limited set of formats?
e.g. if you had a value of '07/08/03' how do you know what format that is?
It could be...
7th August 2003 (thus assuming it's DD/MM/RR format)
or
8th July 2003 (thus assuming it's MM/DD/RR format)
or
3rd August 2007 (thus assuming it's RR/MM/DD format)
or
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or even more obscurely...
3rd July 2008 (MM/RR/DD)
or
7th March 2008 (DD/RR/MM)
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Loading multiple files with SQL Loader

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I will appreciate your recommendation about the way to load multiple files (to multiple tables) using SQL Loader with only one Control file.
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How the Control file should look like?
I was looking on Web, but didn't find exactly what I need.
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Tough Job
LOAD DATA
truncate
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when col3 = 'dummy'
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(col1,col2,col3 filler char nullif col3='dummy')
INTO table t2
when col3 != 'dummy'
FIELDS TERMINATED BY '|'
(col1,col2,col3 nullif col3='dummy')
This will load t2 tbl but not t1.
T1 Filler col3 is not accepting nullif. Its diff to compare columns have null using when condition. If i find something i will let you know.
Can you seperate records into 2 file. Will a UNIX command work for you which will seperate 2col and 3col record types for you. and then you can execute 2 controlfiles on it.
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SQL*Loader and CONTINUEIF clause

Hi,
I used SQL*Loader to load in a table some files coming from main frame environnement.
The length of the physical record is 1662 characters. For some lines of the file, the characters CR (X'0C') could appear anywhere in the position 1158 to 1165 inclusively. I just want to know how to tell to SQL*Loader to concatenate the next record by using CONTINUEIF clause.
I made a simple test. I checked only the position 1165 and it works. Here is the "ctl":
OPTIONS (ERRORS=999999)
LOAD DATA
infile 'T:\RéalDelisle\AGR.PBC1.SCOPY001.de test avec x25 aux positions 1158 a 1165.txt'
BADFILE 'D:\Sinpac\Bad\sinpac_YT.bad'
DISCARDFILE 'D:\Sinpac\Disc\sinpac_YT.dsc'
APPEND
CONTINUEIF THIS PRESERVE (1165)=X'0C'
INTO TABLE AGRMDHD1.Sinpac_YT
+(+
CODEFICHIER             constant "D501.A0405",
C001_CP12               position (1:12) ,
C001_record             position (1:1662),
C001_record_1157        position (1:1157),
C001_record_1166        position (1166:1662),
+          C001_Mont_subv_adm position (1644:1652) "TO_NUMBER(:c001_mont_subv_adm,'999999D99', 'NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS = ''. '' ')",+
C001_Mont_subv_adm_nouv position (1654:1662) "TO_NUMBER(:c001_mont_subv_adm_nouv,'999999D99', 'NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS = ''. '' ')"
+)+
But, I want to do the test for the position 1158 to 1165 (the character X'0C' could appear in one of those positions). I tried this but it didn't work (I've got a syntax error):
OPTIONS (ERRORS=999999)
LOAD DATA
infile 'T:\RéalDelisle\AGR.PBC1.SCOPY001.de test avec x25 aux positions 1158 a 1165.txt'
BADFILE 'D:\Sinpac\Bad\sinpac_YT.bad'
DISCARDFILE 'D:\Sinpac\Disc\sinpac_YT.dsc'
APPEND
CONTINUEIF THIS PRESERVE (1158)=X'0C'
CONTINUEIF THIS PRESERVE (1150)=X'0C'
CONTINUEIF THIS PRESERVE (1160)=X'0C'
CONTINUEIF THIS PRESERVE (1161)=X'0C'
CONTINUEIF THIS PRESERVE (1162)=X'0C'
CONTINUEIF THIS PRESERVE (1163)=X'0C'
CONTINUEIF THIS PRESERVE (1164)=X'0C'
CONTINUEIF THIS PRESERVE (1165)=X'0C'
INTO TABLE AGRMDHD1.Sinpac_YT
+(+
CODEFICHIER             constant "D501.A0405",
C001_CP12               position (1:12) ,
C001_record             position (1:1662),
C001_record_1157        position (1:1157),
C001_record_1166        position (1166:1662),
+          C001_Mont_subv_adm position (1644:1652) "TO_NUMBER(:c001_mont_subv_adm,'999999D99', 'NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS = ''. '' ')",+
C001_Mont_subv_adm_nouv position (1654:1662) "TO_NUMBER(:c001_mont_subv_adm_nouv,'999999D99', 'NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS = ''. '' ')"
+)+
I looked in the documentation but I found nothing about the way to do it.
Does anybody have an idea?
Thank's

If a record contains CR (X'0C'), then is the CR (X'0C') always the last character of the record? If so, I think you'd use LAST (it's all in the Docs.).
If not, then I don't think SQL*Loader will do what you want. Instead, I think you'd need to manipulate the data before it reaches SQL*Loader. You use Windows, so what about installing CygWin? It's a winner, really, and you can then do lovely sed,vi & awk stuff on your data - and it's very fast, too.
Regards - Don Lewis

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