Newline character within double quotes in csv file

Question

I have an external table defined as follows:
CREATE TABLE EXT_MASTER
   (     "SOME_CODE" VARCHAR2(255 BYTE),
     "FAX_NUMBER" VARCHAR2(255 BYTE),
     "WEB_ADDRESS" VARCHAR2(255 BYTE),
   ORGANIZATION EXTERNAL
    ( TYPE ORACLE_LOADER
      DEFAULT DIRECTORY "SOME_DIR"
      ACCESS PARAMETERS
      ( RECORDS DELIMITED BY NEWLINE
          NODISCARDFILE
          LOGFILE 'master.log'
          BADFILE 'global.bad'
          SKIP 1
        FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
          OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
          LRTRIM
          MISSING FIELD VALUES ARE NULL
      LOCATION
       ( 'Master.csv'
   REJECT LIMIT UNLIMITED;In my datafile I have newline characters within double quotes. This seems to be illegal using the above definition for the table.
Is there a way to make Oracle ignore newline characters in csv files when they are enclosed in double quotes? Or should I ask my data provider to remove them?

Answer 1

Here is what i got on 10.2.0.3 (don't think it might be different on 9i):
SQL> select * from t;
ID         TEAM_ID    TEAM_NAME
col1       co         col3
           l2
col11      col12      col13
col21      col22      col23
SQL> !cat a.txt
"col1","co
l2","col3"
"col11","col12","col13"
"col21","col22","col23"
SQL> select * from t;
ID         TEAM_ID    TEAM_NAME
col1       co         col3
           l2
col11      col12      col13
col21      col22      col23The external table definition is:
CREATE TABLE t(
  "ID" VARCHAR2(255 BYTE),
  "TEAM_ID" VARCHAR2(255 BYTE), 
  "TEAM_NAME" VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)
   ORGANIZATION EXTERNAL
    ( TYPE ORACLE_LOADER
      DEFAULT DIRECTORY "SOME_DIR"
      ACCESS PARAMETERS
      ( RECORDS DELIMITED BY 0x'220A'
    BADFILE 'a.bad'
    LOGFILE 'a.log'
    FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' LDRTRIM
    MISSING FIELD VALUES ARE NULL
    REJECT ROWS WITH ALL NULL FIELDS
      ( "ID" CHAR(255)
        TERMINATED BY "," ENCLOSED BY '"',
        "TEAM_ID" CHAR(255)
        TERMINATED BY "," ENCLOSED BY '"', 
        "TEAM_NAME" (*+1) CHAR(255)
        TERMINATED BY "," 
      LOCATION
       ( 'a.txt'
   REJECT LIMIT UNLIMITED;Best regards
Maxim