SQL LDR Control file date format

Question

Hi All
I need to Insert date with time using sqlldr.
In my data file am getting date value as 20110103 10:27:44.
In control file am doing like this
creation_date "decode(:creation_date, 'null', null, 0,null,to_date(:creation_date, 'YYYYMMDD HH24:MI:SS'))
This is inserting only date Ex: 1/3/2011 but I need to insert date with time ex:1/3/2011 10:27:44 AM
Please advice
Thanks
Raj
Edited by: user632682 on Feb 15, 2011 10:37 AM

Answer 1

Raj,
Doesn't make any sense to have date as 0, so either you should use null or sysdate. You can write a function and use it in your sqlldr control file. This is just an example and you can write this anyway
# sqlldr control file
Creation_date DATE 'YYYYMMDD HH24.MI.SS'  "format_date(:creation_date)"
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION format_date(i_date in DATE)
RETURN DATE
IS
BEGIN
if (i_date is NULL or i_date = 0 ) then
i_date := sysdate;
end if;
return i_date;
END format_date;Regards