Reading UTL_File, first record is missing

Question

Hi,
I am reading text file using UTL_FILE to insert data in staging table.For some reason the first record in the text file in not inserting in table
(suppose there are 10 records in text.file, except very first record rest of the records will be inserted successfully).Please help me on this.
create or replace
PROCEDURE PRC_XYZ_FILE_LOAD(
    p_in_file_name IN VARCHAR2,
    p_out_message OUT VARCHAR2)
IS
v_membernumber     whr_stageftd.membernumber%TYPE ;
  v_memberfullname   whr_stageftd.memberfullname%TYPE ;
BEGIN
--open files
  v_file_handler := UTL_FILE.FOPEN(v_file_path, v_file_name, 'r');
   UTL_FILE.GET_LINE(v_file_handler, v_text);
   LOOP
    BEGIN
         BEGIN
        UTL_FILE.GET_LINE(v_file_handler, v_text);
      EXCEPTION
      WHEN no_data_found THEN
        EXIT; -- end of file
      END;
      -------------------- Insert data in to whr_stageftd table -------------------------------
      v_detail_record              :=FNC_PIPE_PARSE (V_TEXT,1,'~');
       v_membernumber               :=FNC_PIPE_PARSE (V_TEXT,2,'~');
       v_memberfullname             :=FNC_PIPE_PARSE (V_TEXT,3,'~');
       v_stage:='stage3';
       v_locationid                 :=FNC_PIPE_PARSE (V_TEXT,4,'~');
       v_regionid                   :=FNC_PIPE_PARSE (V_TEXT,5,'~');
       v_transstartdate             :=FNC_PIPE_PARSE (V_TEXT,6,'~');
       v_transenddate               :=FNC_PIPE_PARSE (V_TEXT,7,'~');
      IF v_detail_record            = '2' THEN
        INSERT
        INTO whr_stageftd
            fileid ,
            membernumber ,
            memberfullname ,
            locationid,
            regionid,
            earningstartdate,
            earningenddate  )
          VALUES
            v_fileid,
            v_membernumber,
            v_memberfullname,
            v_locationid,
            v_regionid,
            v_transstartdate ,
            v_transenddate);
        v_rec_counter := v_rec_counter + 1;
        IF mod(v_rec_counter,10000)= 0 THEN
          COMMIT;
        END IF;
      END IF;
    EXCEPTION
    WHEN OTHERS THEN
     dbms_output.put_line(Sqlerrm||v_stage);
      END;
  END LOOP;
   COMMIT;
  UTL_FILE.FCLOSE(v_file_handler);
END PRC_XYZ_FILE_LOAD;here is the code for FNC_PIPE_PARSE
create or replace
Function      FNC_PIPE_PARSE
(p_instring in varchar2,
  p_field_no in number,
  p_delimiter in varchar2 default '|')
  RETURN varchar2 IS
v_start number;
v_no_of_chars number;
v_instring varchar2(4000);
    v_delimiter_length NUMBER(10) := 0;
BEGIN
v_delimiter_length := length(p_delimiter);
v_instring:=p_instring||p_delimiter;
  IF p_field_no = 1 THEN
     return(substr(v_instring,1,instr(v_instring,p_delimiter)-1));
  ELSE
   v_start := instr(v_instring,p_delimiter,1,p_field_no-1)+v_delimiter_length;
   v_no_of_chars := instr(v_instring,p_delimiter,1,p_field_no) - v_start;
return(substr(v_instring,v_start,v_no_of_chars));
  END IF;
END; sample data
actual data
2~105266648J~C TEST~~~20050707~20050707
2~104133506D~K TEST~~~20050707~20050707
2~104929890I~A TEST~~~20050707~20050707
2~104700166K~D TEST~~~20050708~20050708data inserted in table is (which is missing first record
2~104133506D~K TEST~~~20050707~20050707
2~104929890I~A TEST~~~20050707~20050707
2~104700166K~D TEST~~~20050708~20050708Sqlerrm error is
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small stage3THANKS
Sandy

Answer 1

Apparently, you don't specify the len parameter to GET_LINE, and the doc says :
The GET_LINE len parameter must be a number in the range 1 and 32767. If unspecified, Oracle supplies the default value of max_linesize.The FOPEN max_linesize parameter must be a number in the range 1 and 32767. If unspecified, Oracle supplies a default value of 1024. Could that be the culprit ?You should try to put some debug in your code to see what line content raises the error.