SKIP option in External Table

Question

Hi,
I would like to skip the first row in the external table.
I used the SKIP option.
The tabl create succsessfully - But for some reason i am getting an error related to the skip option when select from the table.
Could you please tell me what missing/wrong with the syntax ?
SQL> CREATE TABLE ext_tab (
  2  ITEM                VARCHAR2(100),
  3  MODEL               VARCHAR2(100),
  4  packing_no          VARCHAR2(100),
  5  ship_date           VARCHAR2(100),
  6  Internal_SN         VARCHAR2(100),
  7  SHIPPING_SN         VARCHAR2(100),
  8  MACID               VARCHAR2(100),
  9  CARTON_NO           VARCHAR2(100),
10  PALLET_ID           VARCHAR2(100),     
11  PO                  VARCHAR2(100),
12  KEY                 VARCHAR2(100),
13  PASSWORD_TR         VARCHAR2(100),
14  PASSWORD_ADMIN      VARCHAR2(100))
15  ORGANIZATION EXTERNAL
16  (TYPE oracle_loader
17  DEFAULT DIRECTORY TMP_DIR
18  ACCESS PARAMETERS
19  (FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
20  SKIP 1
21  MISSING FIELD VALUES ARE NULL
22  (ITEM,MODEL,packing_no,SHIP_DATE,Internal_SN,SHIPPING_SN,MACID,CARTON_NO,PALLET_ID,PO,KEY,PASSWORD_TR,PASSWORD_ADMIN)) 
23  LOCATION ('SN.csv'))
24  PARALLEL
25  REJECT LIMIT 0;
Table created.
SQL> select * from ext_tab;
select * from ext_tab
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-29913: error in executing ODCIEXTTABLEOPEN callout
ORA-29400: data cartridge error
KUP-00554: error encountered while parsing access parameters
KUP-01005: syntax error: found "skip": expecting one of: "column, enclosed, exit, (, ltrim, lrtrim, ldrtrim, missing, notrim, optionally, rtrim, reject"
KUP-01007: at line 2 column 1
ORA-06512: at "SYS.ORACLE_LOADER", line 19

Answer 1

Hi,
Kindly find below the syntax for creating the external table
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CREATE TABLE <table_name> (
<column_definitions>)
ORGANIZATION EXTERNAL
(TYPE oracle_loader
DEFAULT DIRECTORY <oracle_directory_object_name>
ACCESS PARAMETERS (
RECORDS DELIMITED BY newline
BADFILE <file_name>
DISCARDFILE <file_name>
LOGFILE <file_name>
[READSIZE <bytes>]
[SKIP <number_of_rows>
FIELDS TERMINATED BY '<terminator>'
REJECT ROWS WITH ALL NULL FIELDS
MISSING FIELD VALUES ARE NULL
(<column_name_list>))\
LOCATION ('<file_name>'))
[PARALLEL]
REJECT LIMIT <UNLIMITED | integer>;
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Please note that the order of the items in the ACCESS PARAMETERS differs in your Create Table syntax. Also check whether the .CSV file is available in the TMP_DIR directory path.
Regards,
Sandhya G.