SQL Loader format issue

Hello,
I'm having an issue with the formatting of a date. My csv file, exported from another ora table, has the date in full date format ()
I get the error:
Record 12: Rejected - Error on table LOAN_VER_REQ_ARCH, column ORIGINATION_DATE.
ORA-01843: not a valid monthand two other fields that are date fields get similar errors.
Dates in .csv file appear as such:
For example - 10/26/2001 0:00:00
The question is in my ctl file, how do I format?
I've tried to_char(ORIGINATION_DATE,'MM-DD-YYYY') or
to_date(ORIGINATION_DATE,'MM-DD-YYYY') These dont' work. I don't recall doing any of this stuff in Ora 9i, but perhaps I wasn't loading date fields before in any tables I uploaded data into.
Any tips would be appreciated. I get a message on the command prompt about:
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Commit point reached - logical record count 39
Commit point reached - logical record count 78but that's incorrect because no records are going into the table. I'll worry about that part later though if I can get this date thing resolved.
Thanks!

user515689 wrote:
Hello,
I'm having an issue with the formatting of a date. My csv file, exported from another ora table, has the date in full date format ()
I get the error:
Record 12: Rejected - Error on table LOAN_VER_REQ_ARCH, column ORIGINATION_DATE.
ORA-01843: not a valid monthand two other fields that are date fields get similar errors.
Dates in .csv file appear as such:
For example - 10/26/2001 0:00:00
The question is in my ctl file, how do I format?
I've tried to_char(ORIGINATION_DATE,'MM-DD-YYYY') or
to_date(ORIGINATION_DATE,'MM-DD-YYYY') These dont' work. I don't recall doing any of this stuff in Ora 9i, but perhaps I wasn't loading date fields before in any tables I uploaded data into.
Any tips would be appreciated. I get a message on the command prompt about:
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Commit point reached - logical record count 39
Commit point reached - logical record count 78but that's incorrect because no records are going into the table. I'll worry about that part later though if I can get this date thing resolved.
Thanks!Well, the sample string you've provided doesn't match the formats you've been attempting to use. Yours are separated with a hyphen whereas your sample data is separated by a slash.
Is ALL the data in the same format?
If so, perhaps this (based on your sample string)....
TUBBY_TUBBZ?select to_date('10/26/2001 0:00:00', 'mm/dd/yyyy HH24:MI:SS') from dual;
TO_DATE('10/26/20010
26-OCT-2001 12 00:00
1 row selected.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.01As for specifying this in the control file
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96652/ch09.htm#1011137
(you mentioned Oracle 9, so i'm not sure if that's the version you are still on or not).
Edited by: Tubby on Jul 27, 2010 11:50 AM
Added link to documentation.

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