SQL Loader CLOBs

Question

I am moving data from an oracle 10g table to another oracle 10g table, transforming the data in Access, filtering records, merging fields, etc.., then via Access VBA creating CTL files and neccessary scripts, then loading the data via SQL Loader. Getting the CLOBs to load is not a problem, getting it to load with the formatting is. The records in the control file look fine, the formatting is kept just fine in the CTL file, but when it is loaded all the carriage returns, line feeds, etc are removed
Here is the header of my CTL file:
LOAD DATA
INFILE *
CONTINUEIF LAST != "|"
INTO TABLE table_name
APPEND
FIELDS TERMINATED BY '||' TRAILING NULLCOLS
(field1, field2, field3....etc)
begindata
field1||field2||field3||fieldx|
At first i thought taking out the TRAILING NULLCOLS would help but i get the same result.
The end result i am looking for is keeping the data formatted exactly as it is in the source table.
Thanks
Mike

Answer 1

After doing some research it seems that the only way is creating a file with the clob, see http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14215/ldr_loading.htm#i1007627
Control File Contents:LOAD DATA
INFILE 'sample.dat'
INTO TABLE person_table
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
(name CHAR(20),
ext_fname FILLER CHAR(40),
"RESUME" LOBFILE(ext_fname) TERMINATED BY EOF)
Datafile (sample.dat):
Johny Quest,jqresume.txt,
Speed Racer,'/private/sracer/srresume.txt',
Secondary Datafile (jqresume.txt):
Johny Quest,479 Johny Quest
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[email protected]>
HTH
Enrique