Prblem white handle files using External tables

Question

Hi,
I Created an external table to handle files.
Its working fine.
But it is rejecting the records, where the fnal column in a record contains no (null) value.
The data is as follows.
empno|name|positon
184|abc|supervisor
185|xyz|
186|efg|clerk
I have given '\n' as row delimiter. and '|' as field delimiter.
For the above data I am getting only the 1st and 3rd records only.
External tables are not accepting the 2nd re4cord.
In the log file it is specifying the error as "KUP-04023: field start is after end of record".
Could anyone please give me some idea to solve this problem.
Thank you,
Regards,
Gowtham Sen.

Answer 1

Hi Michaels,
I have one more doubt.
After I added the clause "MISSING FIELD VALUES ARE NULL", its working fine.
Case 1:
The data is as follows.
empno|name|positon
184|abc|supervisor
185|xyz|
186|efg|clerk
Now I am getting the data while query the external table as follows
empno name position
184 abc supervisor
185 xyz <null>
186 efg clerk
Case 2:
But there is a case that the data my come in the following way.
empno|name|positon
184|abc|supervisor
185|xyz|
186|efg|clerk
18
187
For this data I am getting the data if I query external table as follows.
empno name position
184 abc supervisor
185 xyz <null>
186 efg clerk
18 <null> <null>
187 <null> <null>
Here I would like to result the last records because, the records violated the formating. But its not doing as I expected.
Do I need to add any other clauses.
Thanks in advance,
Thank you,
Regards,
Gowtham Sen