SQL*LOADER and date formatted data

Question

Hi there, I don't want to load complex things in my table - just a simple date....
The control file is:
load data
infile 'c:\data\mydata.csv'
into table test_table
fields terminated by "," optionally enclosed by '"'
( sampledate, name )
The mydata.csv file is:
30-12-2003, Test1
31-12-2003, Test2
However this format is not being accepted by the database... I tried other combinations of date (eg, 30122003, 20-DEC-2003, 30/12/2004, etc...) but always had a 'data error'
Thanks for any suggestions.

Answer 1

Example:
Control File for Case Study 3
This control file loads the same table as in case 2, but it loads three additional columns (hiredate, projno, and loadseq). The demonstration table emp does not have columns projno and loadseq. To test this control file, add these columns to the emp table with the command:
ALTER TABLE emp ADD (projno NUMBER, loadseq NUMBER);
The data is in a different format than in case 2. Some data is enclosed in quotation marks, some is set off by commas, and the values for deptno and projno are separated by a colon.
1) -- Variable-length, delimited, and enclosed data format
LOAD DATA
2) INFILE *
3) APPEND
INTO TABLE emp
4) FIELDS TERMINATED BY "," OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
(empno, ename, job, mgr,
5) hiredate DATE(20) "DD-Month-YYYY",
sal, comm, deptno CHAR TERMINATED BY ':',
projno,
6) loadseq SEQUENCE(MAX,1))
7) BEGINDATA
8) 7782, "Clark", "Manager", 7839, 09-June-1981, 2572.50,, 10:101
7839, "King", "President", , 17-November-1981,5500.00,,10:102
7934, "Miller", "Clerk", 7782, 23-January-1982, 920.00,, 10:102
7566, "Jones", "Manager", 7839, 02-April-1981, 3123.75,, 20:101
7499, "Allen", "Salesman", 7698, 20-February-1981, 1600.00,
(same line continued) 300.00, 30:103
7654, "Martin", "Salesman", 7698, 28-September-1981, 1312.50,
(same line continued) 1400.00, 3:103
7658, "Chan", "Analyst", 7566, 03-May-1982, 3450,, 20:101
Joel Pèrez
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