Sql loader (catching record length error)

Guys is there any command in sqlldr that can catch record length error (less or more than certain length).I am using java to execute my sqlldr and would like to know if it is possible to catch those error.
thanks
Manohar.

Use CHAR instead aof VARCHAR
LOAD DATA
INFILE *
APPEND INTO TABLE test
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
first_id,
second_id,
third_id,
language_code,
display_text CHAR(2000)
)From the docu:
A VARCHAR field is a length-value datatype.
It consists of a binary length subfield followed by a character string of the specified length.
http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/A87860_01/doc/server.817/a76955/ch05.htm#20324

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SQL*Loader and "Variable length field was truncated"

Hi,
I'm experiencing this problem using SQL*Loader: Release 8.1.7.0.0
Here is my control file (it's actually split into separate control and data files, but the result is the same)
LOAD DATA
INFILE *
APPEND INTO TABLE test
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
first_id,
second_id,
third_id,
language_code,
display_text VARCHAR(2000)
begindata
2,1,1,"eng","Type of Investment Account"
The TEST table is defined as:
Name Null? Type
FIRST_ID NOT NULL NUMBER(4)
SECOND_ID NOT NULL NUMBER(4)
THIRD_ID NOT NULL NUMBER(4)
LANGUAGE_CODE NOT NULL CHAR(3)
DISPLAY_TEXT VARCHAR2(2000)
QUESTION_BLOB BLOB
The log file displays:
Record 1: Warning on table "USER"."TEST", column DISPLAY_TEXT
Variable length field was truncated.
And the results of the insert are:
FIRST_ID SECOND_ID THIRD_ID LANGUAGE_CODE DISPLAY_TEXT
2 1 1 eng ype of Investment Account"
The language_code field is imported correctly, but display_text keeps the closing delimiter, and loses the first character of the string. In other words, it is interpreting the enclosing double quote and/or the delimiter, and truncating the first two characters.
I've also tried the following:
LOAD DATA
INFILE *
APPEND INTO TABLE test
FIELDS TERMINATED BY '|'
first_id,
second_id,
third_id,
language_code,
display_text VARCHAR(2000)
begindata
2|1|1|eng|Type of Investment Account
In this case, display_text is imported as:
pe of Investment Account
In the log file, I get this table which seems odd as well - why is the display_text column shown as having length 2002 when I explicitly set it to 2000?
Column Name Position Len Term Encl Datatype
FIRST_ID FIRST * | O(") CHARACTER
SECOND_ID NEXT * | O(") CHARACTER
THIRD_ID NEXT * | O(") CHARACTER
LANGUAGE_CODE NEXT 3 | O(") CHARACTER
DISPLAY_TEXT NEXT 2002 VARCHAR
Am I missing something totally obvious in my control and data files? I've played with various combinations of delimiters (commas vs '|'), trailing nullcols, optional enclosed etc.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Use CHAR instead aof VARCHAR
LOAD DATA
INFILE *
APPEND INTO TABLE test
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
first_id,
second_id,
third_id,
language_code,
display_text CHAR(2000)
)From the docu:
A VARCHAR field is a length-value datatype.
It consists of a binary length subfield followed by a character string of the specified length.
http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/A87860_01/doc/server.817/a76955/ch05.htm#20324

SQL*Loader completed with ORA error

Hi all,
i'm trying to load a flat file via a SQL Loader mapping. Even though it produces rejected rows, the mapping completed successfully!? How could I configure a SQL Loader mapping to return an error after a data error occurs?
Regards Uwe

Uwe,
I just performed some tests, and the following is the case:
- The maximum number of errors specifies how many errors you allow. If that number is reached, then no more records will be loaded.
- The deployment manager always shows finished successfully (this is not good, so I filed bug 3569480 for that).
- The RAB shows the correct status.
Does that confirm your experiences?
Thanks,
Mark.

SQL*Loader-704 & ORA-12535 error , Oracle 9i AIX, Windows Client

Hi All,
I try to run SQL*Loader from Windows Client to Oracle 9i server on AIX. The control file is in the windows machine.
C:\SqlLdr user/password@myoradb control=mycontrol.ctl
(the data is 300,000 rows, on the same control file)
I get this error :
SQL*Loader-704 : Internal error : ulconnect: OCIServerAttach [0]
ORA-12535: TNS:Operation timed out.
FYI, from the same machine, TNSPing is OK, SQL*Plus run perfectly.
What is wrong here ?
Should I copy the CTL file into the AIX Server and run the SQL*Plus from AIX client console ?
Thank you for your help,
Krist

Have you checked the sqlnet.log file for an indication of the underlying error? You can also enable network tracing in the sqlnet.ora file, by setting trace_level_client=16.

Sql loader - skip record question

I am running Oracle 9 and using sql loader to import text file into table. Can sql loader skips the record which contain blank line or carriage return? Do I need to set up with options? Please advise me how. Thanks.

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B10500_01/server.920/a96652/ch05.htm
http://www.orafaq.com/wiki/SQL*Loader_FAQ

Does sql loader erase records?

When I use the sql loader for an existing table, does it clear the table of records and copy everything over...or does it simply add records? I don't want to go into the table and change everything w/o first finding out. Thanks for the help.
Cary =)

It depends on what you've specified in the control file. You can specify commands like insert, replace, truncate and append. I suggest you read the Oracle Utilities manual for your particular version for more information. There's also some good examples in the manuals. You can find Oracle manuals online at http://tahiti.oracle.com.
I don't want to go into the table and change everything w/o first finding out. I hope this statement doesn't mean you try things in a production environment without testing them first.

SQL LOADER Delete Records

Hello All,
I want to load records into a table using SQL Loader. I want to do the following(using a column in the data file),
1. If the flag is I insert the record.
2. If the flag is U update the record.
3. If the flag is D delete the record.
What are the options available in SQL Loader to achieve this.
Thanks,
Kannan.

Hi Kannan,
Kannan B wrote:
Hello All,
I want to load records into a table using SQL Loader. I want to do the following(using a column in the data file),
1. If the flag is I insert the record.
2. If the flag is U update the record.
3. If the flag is D delete the record.
What are the options available in SQL Loader to achieve this.
Thanks,
Kannan.You have 2 solutions to acheive the result.
1.If you are running the sql loader on unix environment,then i suggest you to use AWK script to filter out the records,which you need (for Insertion/Updation) and discard the records which is of flag D in your data file.
For Example
If the name of your control file is load.txt,with file delimitter as "|" (pipe) the flag column is at 4th position then you can use awk script .
/home/bin/cat load.txt|nawk -F "|" '{ if ($4=="I" || $4=="U") print $0 }'|more2. Just load all the data onto table and filter out based upon the flag in table(Insertion/Updation/Deletion).
Hope this helps..
Regards,
Achyut

Urgent: SQL*Loader-562: record too long

with sqlldr73 , no problem
but with sqlldr of 817 : i've got the problem !!??
any help please ...
Mourad from Paris

Hi Sandeep,
Oracle guru Dave Moore has many sample SQL*Loader control files published:
http://www.google.com/search?&q=oracle+moore+sql%2aloader
Here is a simple sample control file to load many tables:
http://www.dba-oracle.com/t_sql_loader_multiple_tables_sqlldr.htm
Hope this helps. . .
Donald K. Burleson
Oracle Press author

SQL Loader and record order

I am using sqlloader utility to load data from a CSV file in to a table.
My .ctl file looks as below
------- 8< -------
options (errors=5,SILENT=(HEADER, FEEDBACK),direct=true)
load data
infile "mytest.csv"
discardmax 0
into table owneruser.MY_TABLE
fields terminated by "," optionally enclosed by "##"
(ID, ID1, VAL, VAL2)
------- 8< -------
sqlldr tool is run with this ctl file by another database user who has sufficient privileges to insert this data in to mytest.csv has about 400000 entries each entry maps to one row in MY_TABLE. Before loading data using the sqlldr MY_TABLE is truncated.
In mytest.csv, the value for ID field is a number starting at 1 which keeps incrementing by 1 for the next entry. The records are ordered by ID in the csv file.
After loading the data using sqlldr, when we query MY_TABLE (select * from MY_TABLE), so far the records are returned in same order in which they were inserted (i.e. ordered by ID). But off late they are not being returned in random order. This happens only on one database instance. On other test instances the the resultset is ordered. I agree that the only way the order can be guaranteed is by using the ORDER BY clause.
But, I was wondering why this has worked even when ORDER BY is not used.
This is the only way in which MY_TABLE is manipulated. Rest all use it only for querying.
ID is the primary key column in MY_TABLE and there is an index on (ID, ID1).
Thanks in advance.
S

There are any number of reasons that the data would be coming back in a different order since you're not using an ORDER BY. My guess is that the most likely reason is that you have one or more extents in your table that is physically before another extent that it is logically after, in which case a full scan would read that extent first. You may also be seeing differences in how ASSM happens to choose which block to insert into, in the use of parallelism, etc.
Justin

ADVANCED SQL*LOADER

제품 : ORACLE SERVER
작성날짜 : 2002-04-25
Advanced SQL*LOADER
====================
PURPOSE
Q&A를 통한 SQL*LOADER 사용 방법에 대해 알아보도록 한다.
Explanation
1) Carriage returns, linefeeds, EOL character를 load 하는 방법
2) Delimiter 를 사용한 경우 특정 field 를 skip 할수 있나?
3) "FIELD IN DATA FILE EXCEEDED MAXIMUM SPECIFIED LENGTH" 메세지
해결 방법
4) Blob 이나 raw data 는 어떻게 사용하나?
5) Error LDR-510은 어떻게 처리하나?
6) EBCDIC Characterset data file 은 어떻게 load 하나?
7) Control file 에 WE8EBCDIC500 characterset 을 사용하였는데도
SQL*Loader-266 가 발생하는 경우
8) Decimal data는 어떻게 load 하는가?
9) Trailing signs 이 있는 숫자는 어떻게 load 하는가?
10) Zoned number는 무엇인가?
11) Packed Decimal Number는 무엇인가?
12) NULLIF 는 어떻게 사용하나 ?
13) 한개의 single column을 위해 여러 개의 nullif는 사용가능한가?
14) SQL*Loader 가 NULL 로 여기는 column 을 blank space 로
여기도록 만들려면 ?
15) WHEN 절은 어떻게 사용하나?
16) WHEN 절에 OR 를 사용할수 있는가?
17) Delimiter 로 ','를 사용하였는데 data 에 ','가 포함된 경우는?
18) 어떻게 하면 commit 을 덜 사용할 수 있나?
1) carriage returns, linefeeds, EOL character를 load 하기
SQL*Loader 는 이들을 통해 서로 다른 physical record 로 인식한다.
이들을 load 하기 위해 사용되는 option 은
- concatenate
- continueif
- file processing option: FIX (PRE: 1012555.6 PRS: 2060647.6)
- file processing option: VAR (PRE: 1011372.6 PRS: 2059405.6)
예제1) concatenate 사용하기
Control File: test.ctl
load data
infile 'test.dat'
truncate
concatenate (2)
into table test
(col1 char(2000))
Data File: 'test.dat'
This is a test \n
this is the second Line.
This is a new record\n
this is the second line of the second record
결과:
SQL> select * from test;
COL1
This is a test \nthis is the second Line.
This is a new record\nthis is the second line of the second record
예제2) continueif 를 사용하기
Control File: test.ctl
load data
infile test.dat
truncate
continueif this (1) = '*'
into table test
(col1 char(64000))
Data File: 'test.dat'
*11111111111
*22222222222
*33333333333
*44444444444
*55555555555
66666666666
*77777777777
*88888888888
999999999999
*aaaaaaaaaaa
*bbbbbbbbbbb
cccccccccccc
*ddddddddddd
*eeeeeeeeeee
*fffffffffff
*ggggggggggg
*hhhhhhhhhhh
결과 :
SQL> select * from test;
COL1
11111111111222222222223333333333344444444444555555555556666666666
777777777778888888888899999999999
aaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbbccccccccccc
dddddddddddeeeeeeeeeeefffffffffffggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh
2) delimiter 를 사용한 경우 특정 field 를 skip 할수 있나 ?
: 불가능하다 (RTSS Bulletin: 103235.426)
3): 모든 column 에 해당 column 에 해당하는 length 를 지정하였는데
다음과 같은 error message 를 접한 경우 :
"FIELD IN DATA FILE EXCEEDED MAXIMUM SPECIFIED LENGTH"
:255 자 이상의 char/varchar2/long field 를 load 하려한 경우
이 경우는 CHAR data type 의 buffer size 를 증가 시켜야 한다.
이의 default 는 255 이다.
예제)
load data
into table
(col1 char(64000))
이 경우 buffer 를 64K 로 증가시켜 col1 에 load 해야 한다.
<주의> 64K 는 sql*loader 에서 사용 가능한 maximum record length이다.
이는 1 record 를 여러개의 buffer 를 통해 load 하지 못하는 문제이다.
최대 buffer 는 64k 이다.
64 K 이상을 원하는 경우
a) 여러개의 작은 chunk 로 나누거나,
b) SQL*Loader 를 사용하지 못한다.
4) blob 이나 raw data 는 어떻게 사용하나 ?
: RAW datatype 을 사용하고 length를 부여한다.
예제)
LOAD DATA
INFILE xx.dat "VAR"
REPLACE
INtO TABLE test
(BLOB raw (32767) )
xx.dat 는 load 하고자 하는 전체 file 이다.
이는 bit mapped files 이나, 그외 file type 을 DB 에 load 시
사용 가능한 option 이다.
5) error LDR-510은 어떻게 처리한가 ?
: LDR-510은 data file 안의 physical record가 최대값인 64K 를
넘은 경우이다.
SQL*Loader 에서는 physical record 가 연속적이어야 하며, 이는
최대인 64k 를 넘지 못하는 제한이 있기 때문이다.
(여러 buffers 를 통해 load 불가능)
이는 위의 1번과 같으므로 physical record 를 여러 logical record 로
나누어야 한다.
6) EBCDIC Characterset data file 은 어떻게 load 하나 ?
: control file 에 characterset 을 명시한다.
많이 사용되는 EBCDIC character set 은 WE8EBCDIC500 이다.
예제)
load data
characterset we8ebcdic500
infile *
replace
into table for_load
(x)
begindata
B
Z
X
SQL> select * from for_load;
X
a
i
이는 ASCII 의 경우도 같다.
7) control file 에 WE8EBCDIC500 characterset 을 사용하였는데도
SQL*Loader-266 가 발생하는 경우
환경변수인 ORA_NLS 가 맞게 설정되었는지를 check 한다.
(PRE: 1012552.6 PRS: 2060644.6)
8) decimal data 는 어떻게 load 하는가?
: data 를 조작하는 방법밖에 없다.즉 decimal point 가 들어가게
data 를 조작한다.
예제)
load data
infile *
truncate
into table test
(col1 integer external(5) ":col1/100")
begindata
12345
10000
24983
SQL> select * from test;
COL1
123.45
100
249.83
9) trailing signs 이 있는 숫자는 어떻게 load 하는가?
예제)
load data
infile *
truncate
into table loadnums
(col1 position(1:5),
col2 position(7:16) "to_number(:col2,'99,999.99MI')")
begindata
abcde 1,234.99-
abcde 11,234.34+
abcde 45.23
abcde 99,234.38-
abcde 23,234.23+
abcde 98,234.23+
SQL> select * from loadnums;
COL1 COL2
abcde -1234.99
abcde 11234.34
abcde -99234.38
abcde 23234.23
abcde 98234.23
<주의> 이경우 log file 에 다음의 error message 를 볼수있다.
Record 3: Rejected - Error on table LOADNUMS, column COL2.
ORA-01722: invalid number
이 error message 는 당연한 것이다.
왜냐면 control file 에 number datatype 에 mask 를 주었기 때문에
모든 number 는 mask 를 가져야 한다.
이때 Record 3은 trailing sign 이 없기 때문에 reject 된 것이다.
10) zoned number는 무엇인가?
이는 decimal digit 의 string 으로 1byte 에 1 string 이 해당된며,
부호가 맨 마지막byte 에 포함되는 경우이다.
예제)
LOAD DATA
infile *
append
INTO TABLE test
(col1 position(1:3) zoned(3),
col2 position(4:6),
col3 position(7:8))
begindata
12J43323
43023423
SQL> select * from test;
COL1 COL2 COL3
-121 433 23
430 234 23
2 rows selected.
다음은 zoned values의 map 이다:
{ABCDEFGHI}JKLMNOPQR0123456789
++++++++++----------++++++++++
{ABCDEFGHI}JKLMNOPQR
01234567890123456789
11) Packed Decimal Number는 무엇인가 ?
: packed decimal format은 bytes 로 이루어진 1 string 의 모음인데
각각은 2 digit (2 nibbles) 을 가진다.
이중 마지막 byte 는 1 digit 와 sign 으로 이루어진다.
이 sign 은 보통 0x0a, 0x0b, ..., 0x0f: usually 0x0c/a/e/f for +ve,
0x0d/b for -ve 로 이루어져 있다.
예를 들어 +123 의 packed decimal 표현은 다음과 같다.
[12] [3C] 이고 이때 [12] 는 nibbles 0x01 and 0x02를 포함하는
byte 이다. [3C]의 경우도 같다.
The kernel 은 sing nibble 의 여부를 ttcp2n() 을 통해 check한다.
만일 0x0a, ..., 0x0f 중의 하나가 아니면 ORA-1488 error 를 발생시킨다.
<주의> BUG:296890:
이는 bug 는 아니며, SQL*Loader 는 COBOL 에서 발생시키는 UNSIGNED
packed decimal 을 support 하지 않는다.
즉 SQL*Loader 는 packed decimal을 load 시 마지막 byte 가 반드시
1 digit와 ,sign 이 포함되어지는지 check 한다.
12) NULLIF 는 어떻게 사용하나 ?
예제)
load data
infile *
truncate
into table test
fields terminated by ','
(col1 date "mm/dd/yy" nullif col1='0', col2)
begindata
0,12345
11/11/95,12345
0,12345
11/11/95,12345
SQL> select * from test;
COL1 COL2
12345
11-NOV-95 12345
12345
11-NOV-95 12345
13) 한개의 single column을 위해 여러 개의 nullif 는 사용가능한가 ?
: 불가능하다. 그러나 workaround 로는
예제)
load data
infile *
truncate
into table test
fields terminated by ',' optionally enclosed by '"'
(col1,col2 "decode(:col2,'X',NULL,'Y',NULL,'Z',NULL,:col2)",col3)
begindata
12345,"X",12345
12345,"A",12345
12345,"Y",12345
12345,"Z",12345
12345,"B",12345
SQLDBA> select * from test;
COL1 COL2 COL3
12345 12345
12345 A 12345
12345 12345
12345 12345
12345 B 12345
5 rows selected.
14) SQL*Loader 가 NULL 로 여기는 column 을 blank space 로 여기도록
만들려면 ?
: PRESERVE BLANKS를 사용하지 않으면 loader 는 blank 들을 null 로
인식한다.
이 경우 workaround 로는
예제)
load data
infile *
into table test
fields terminated by ','
(col1 position(1:5) integer external,
col2 position(15:20) char "nvl(:col2,' ')",
col3 position(25:30) integer external)
begindata
12345 rec1 12345
12345 23453
23333 rec3 29874
98273 98783
98723 rec5 234
SQL> select * from test yields;
COL1 COL2 COL3
12345 rec1 12345
12345 23453
23333 rec3 29874
98273 98783
98723 rec4 234
5 rows selected.
15) WHEN 절은 어떻게 사용한가 ?
예제)
load data
infile *
truncate
into table t1
when col1 = '12345'
(col1 position(1:5) integer external, col2 position(7:12) char)
into table t2
when col1 = '54321'
(col1 position(1:5) integer external, col2 position(7:12) char)
begindata
12345 table1
54321 table2
99999 no tab
12345 table2
54321 table2
SQL> select * from t1;
COL1 COL2
12345 table1
12345 table2
SQL> select * from t2;
COL1 COL2
54321 table2
54321 table2
16) WHEN 절에 OR 를 사용할수 있는가 ?
: 불가능하다 그러나 workaround 로는
예제) 만일 where (col1=12345 OR col1=54321) AND col2='rowena'경우에
data 를 insert 하고자 하면
load data
infile *
truncate
into table test
when col1 = '12345' and col2='rowena'
(col1 position(1:5) integer external, col2 position(7:12) char)
into table test
when col1 = '54321' and col2='rowena'
(col1 position(1:5) integer external, col2 position(7:12) char)
begindata
12345 rowena
43234 rowena
54321 rowena
(즉, OR를 갖지 못하나, 같은 table 에 두개의 when 은 가질수있다.)
SQLDBA> select * from test;
COL1 COL2
12345 rowena
54321 rowena
2 rows selected.
17) delimiter 로 ','를 사용하였는데 data 에 ','가 포함된 경우는 ?
: 두 번 지정한다.
예제)
load 할 data 가 col1, rowena, rowena, col3 이고
datafile 이 다음과 같은 경우
col1, rowena,, rowena, col3
select * from table:
COL1 COL2 COL3
col1 rowena, rowena col3
18) 어떻게 하면 commit 을 덜 사용할 수 있나 ?
: rows 나 bindsize를 사용한다.
그러나 bindsize 가 적은 경우 bindsize는 rows 를 많이 적재할 수
있으므로 항상 1 bindsize 에 몇 개의 rows 가 set 되었는지에 관계
없이 bindsize에 commit 이 수행된다.
Reference Document
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hi,
pls take a look at this document
http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00000020.htm
regards,

Sql Loader Performance

Hi
i have some question about SQL Loader. i have to find answers but did not get from Google or Documentation. i want to know that is there any way to check whether Sql loader inserting records with Direct path or Conventional path. As we know there are restriction in Direct load. Direct-path inserts do not support all objects that conventional inserts do. Their functionality
is restricted. If the database engine is not able to execute a direct-path insert, the operation is silently converted into a conventional insert. i have instruct Sql loader to insert using Direct=true and parallel as well. but it take 15 mint to loader 4 million record in table. i have observed its transfer rate is bit slow. i have oracle 11R2 on windows 2008 with 40GB RAM and SAN. how can i verify during execution either Sql loader load user Direct path or silently converted it conventional path. here is my sample control file. function used in control file will convert direct path to conventional?
/c sqlldr userid='MSNV5Star/Aa123456@(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS_LIST=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=srv01)(PORT=1521)))(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=orcl)))' control='C:\ControlFile.txt' log='C:\ Final Data.log' bad= 'C:\ Final Data.bad' direct=true PARALLEL=TRUE skip=1 Errors=5000000
LOAD DATA
INFILE 'C:\adeel loading\in\A06052010.txt'APPEND
INTO TABLE GN_FILE_DATA_TABLE
FIELDS TERMINATED BY " " TRAILING NULLCOLS
Operational_Date "to_date(:Operational_Date, 'YYYYMMDD')" ,
Store_Code "TRIM(:Store_Code)" ,
Txn_Void_Flag "TRIM(:Txn_Void_Flag)" ,
Txn_Staff_Flag "TRIM(:Txn_Staff_Flag)" ,
Txn_Aborted_Flag "TRIM(:Txn_Aborted_Flag)" Edited by: Oracle Studnet on May 30, 2011 7:18 AM

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Srini

Sql loader issue

Hi I am trying to use decode function with sql loader.. and gating error
SQL*Loader-350: Syntax error at line 8.
Expecting "," or ")", found keyword nullif.
code(:error_type,'Banned SBI',:error_type)" NULLIF error_type=BLANKS,
My ctl file is below...
LOAD DATA
INFILE 'abc.dat'
BADFILE 'abc.bad'
INTO TABLE xyz_tmp
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
TRAILING NULLCOLS
(record_id INTEGER EXTERNAL(4) NULLIF record_id=BLANKS,
error_type CHAR(100) "decode(:error_type,'Banned',:error_type)" NULLIF error_type=BLANKS,
error_subtype CHAR(100) NULLIF error_subtype=BLANKS,
number_of_errors INTEGER EXTERNAL(3) NULLIF number_of_errors=BLANKS,
sbi_number INTEGER EXTERNAL(8) NULLIF sbi_number=BLANKS,
team_name CHAR(60) NULLIF team_name=BLANKS
Could any one help me to correct it please.

Hi,
Try changeing the line with decode to,
error_type CHAR(100) "decode(trim(:error_type),NULL, NULL,'Banned',:error_type)" ,
Cheers

SQL* Loader to load data format into tables??????

Hi,
Hai I am very much new to Oracle. I am trying to load data into a table using SQL*Loader and i getting error while it is using the data format.
the format used in data file is "Sep 6 2001 12:00:00:000AM"
and when i used to_date( :accountDate, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MI:SS AM or PM') function it throws me an exception like
"ORA-01821: date format not recognized". so anybody can help me to insert data with out changing the data file, whould be really helpfull
thanks
vijay

Also it looks like you need to change your date format mask.
If your data is formatted as "Sep 6 2001 12:00:00:000AM"
then you should use to_date( :accountDate, 'Mon DD YYYY HH:MI:SSAM')
This will work with a two digit second field, but not a three digit second field.

SQL Loader-704: Internal error: Maximum record length must be = [10000000]

Hi,
running SQL*Loader (Release 8.1.7.2.1) causes an error "SQL*Loader-704: Internal error: Maximum record length must be <= [10000000]". This error occurs when SQLLoader is trying to load several thousand records into a database table. Each record is less than 250 bytes in length.
Any idea what could cause the problem?
Thanks in advance!
Ingo
And here's an extract from the log file generated by SQLLoader :
Number to load: ALL
Number to skip: 0
Errors allowed: 50
Bind array: 1360 rows, maximum of 10485760 bytes
Continuation: none specified
Path used: Conventional
Table "SYSTEM"."BASICPROFILE$1", loaded from every logical record.
Insert option in effect for this table: APPEND
TRAILING NULLCOLS option in effect
Column Name Position Len Term Encl Datatype
UUID FIRST * O(X07) CHARACTER
DOMAINID NEXT * O(X07) CHARACTER
LASTMODIFIED NEXT * O(X07) DATE DD/MM/YYYY HH24:MI:SS
ANNIVERSARY NEXT * O(X07) CHARACTER
BIRTHDAY NEXT * O(X07) CHARACTER
COMPANYNAME NEXT * O(X07) CHARACTER
DESCRIPTION NEXT * O(X07) CHARACTER
FIRSTNAME NEXT * O(X07) CHARACTER
COMPANYNAMETRANSCRIPTION NEXT * O(X07) CHARACTER
FIRSTNAMETRANSCRIPTION NEXT * O(X07) CHARACTER
GENDER NEXT * O(X07) CHARACTER
HOBBIES NEXT * O(X07) CHARACTER
HONORIFIC NEXT * O(X07) CHARACTER
JOBTITLE NEXT * O(X07) CHARACTER
KEYWORDS NEXT * O(X07) CHARACTER
LASTNAME NEXT * O(X07) CHARACTER
LASTNAMETRANSCRIPTION NEXT * O(X07) CHARACTER
NICKNAME NEXT * O(X07) CHARACTER
PREFERREDLOCALE NEXT * O(X07) CHARACTER
PREFERREDCURRENCY NEXT * O(X07) CHARACTER
PROFESSION NEXT * O(X07) CHARACTER
SECONDLASTNAME NEXT * O(X07) CHARACTER
SECONDNAME NEXT * O(X07) CHARACTER
SUFFIX NEXT * O(X07) CHARACTER
TITLE NEXT * O(X07) CHARACTER
CONFIRMATION NEXT * O(X07) CHARACTER
DEFAULTADDRESSID NEXT * O(X07) CHARACTER
BUSINESSPARTNERNO NEXT * O(X07) CHARACTER
TYPECODE NEXT * O(X07) CHARACTER
OCA NEXT * O(X07) CHARACTER
SQL*Loader-704: Internal error: Maximum record length must be <= [10000000]

As a second guess, the terminator changes or goes missing at some point in the data file. If you are running on *NIX, try wc -l data_file_name. This will give a count of the number of lines (delimited by CHR(10) ) that are in the file. If this is not close to the number you expected, then that is your problem.
You could also try gradually working through the data file loading 100 records, then 200, then 300 etc. to see where it starts to fail.
HTH
John

SQL*Loader Error Field in data file exceeds maximum length", version 8.1.6

Hi All,
I am trying to load a data file into a database table using SQL loader. I
received the data in an data file but I saved it as a pipe delimited
file.
When I run the SQL Loader command no records are loaded - looking at the log
file I get the following error:
Rejected - Error on table FARESDATA, column FANOTESIN.
Then I tried with substr and doesnt seem to work for values greater than 4000 chars, it only works if the field value is below 4000 chars (say doing a substr for first 3000 chars).
see the code--------
LOAD DATA
INFILE 'p.dat'
APPEND INTO TABLE PROSPECTUS
FIELDS TERMINATED BY '|' OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
TRAILING NULLCOLS
Fanotesin char(4000) "substr(:fanotesin,1,4000)"
We get the error ORA-01461: can bind a LONG value only for insert into a LONG column when using substr for 4000 chars.
Please help!
Thanks,
Rajesh
null

I believe the problem here is that the ORACLE database regards anything > 4000chs as a CLOB (or LONG). 4000 is the maximum length of a varchar2 field in the database, although of course you can declare larger values in PL/SQL. (Since the incoming data is > 4000 chs it is regarded as a LONG and you cannot therefore use SUBSTR on it)
I think that you must either truncate your data before loading or load into a table with the offending field as a CLOB (or LONG)
and then use PL/SQL to recreate it in a table with a varchar2(4000) which is otherwise identical. (You can select from a LONG into a varchar2(32000) for example and then truncate before writing out to the new table).

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