SQL Loader inserting string

Hi,
I have recently started using SQL loader and have got a request which i need help in order to do :-
Lets say there is an excel file with data to be loaded into 'test' table. the data looks like this
customer_id customer_location
+1 new york+
+2 new jersey+
+3 california+
My table Test looks like :-
create table test(customer_id number, customer_name varchar2(4000),customer_location varchar2(200));
now my requirement is that i need to write a control file which populates customer_name field with text 'test_user' for every row in data file.
So the final data should look like this :-
select * from test;
customer_id customer_name customer_location
+1 test_user new york+
+2 test_user new jersey+
+3 test_user california+
i am using direct load. Please help me in making control file. i just want to know the logic for populating columns that are not present in excel file.
Thanks in advance.
Edited by: 974647 on Apr 1, 2013 10:17 AM

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INTO TABLE XXMW_STG_SOH_HEADER_UK
WHEN (1:4) = '7010'
TRAILING NULLCOLS
(WH POSITION(5:6)
,ITEM POSITION(9:26)
,PRODUCT_STATUS POSITION(33:34)
,BALANCE_ON_HAND POSITION(35:43)
,TO_SHIP_QTY POSITION(71:79)
,RUSH_TO_SHIP_QTY POSITION(80:88)
,RESERVED_QTY POSITION(175:183)
,SNAPSHOT_DATE POSITION(134:143) CHAR "TO_DATE(:SNAPSHOT_DATE,'YYYY-MM-DD')"
,SNAPSHOT_TIME POSITION(144:151) CHAR "TO_DATE(:SNAPSHOT_TIME,'HH24:MI:SS')"
,PROCESSED_IND CONSTANT "N"
,PROCESSED_DATETIME SYSDATE
,_FILENAME POSITION(184) CHAR TERMINATED BY WHITESPACE_
My program should read the filename dynamically (means a shell script is calling this .ctl file which is reading multiple input files) and insert into the filename field in xxmw_stg_soh_header_uk table.
Please let me know for any questions/clarifications.
Regards,
Debabrata

While I think Blu's suggestion to use external tables is better, if you need to use SQL Loader, you could do something like this.
Create a "generic" control file with a placeholder for the filename, something like:
LOAD DATA
APPEND
INTO TABLE XXMW_STG_SOH_HEADER_UK
WHEN (1:4) = '7010'
TRAILING NULLCOLS (
   WH POSITION(5:6),
   ITEM POSITION(9:26),
   PRODUCT_STATUS POSITION(33:34),
   BALANCE_ON_HAND POSITION(35:43),
   TO_SHIP_QTY POSITION(71:79),
   RUSH_TO_SHIP_QTY POSITION(80:88),
   RESERVED_QTY POSITION(175:183),
   SNAPSHOT_DATE POSITION(134:143) CHAR "TO_DATE(:SNAPSHOT_DATE,'YYYY-MM-DD')",
   SNAPSHOT_TIME POSITION(144:151) CHAR "TO_DATE(:SNAPSHOT_TIME,'HH24:MI:SS')",
   PROCESSED_IND CONSTANT "N",
   PROCESSED_DATETIME SYSDATE,
   FILENAME CONSTANT ":FILE"I am assuming that your shell script is looping through a set of file names and loading each one. So make your shell script look something like:
FILES=`ls *.txt`
CTL=generic.CTL
for f in $FILES
do
   cat $CTL| sed "s/:FILE/$f/g" > $f.ctl
   sqlldr usr/passwd control=$f.ctl data=$f
doneThe line cat $CTL| sed "s/:FILE/$f/g" > $f.ctl will create a "custom" control file for each file and add the filename as a constant at the end.
John

SQL Loader and Insert Into Performance Difference

Hello All,
Im in a situation to measure performance difference between SQL Loader and Insert into. Say there 10000 records in a flat file and I want to load it into a staging table.
I know that if I use PL/SQL UTL_FILE to do this job performance will degrade(dont ask me why im going for UTL_FILE instead of SQL Loader). But I dont know how much. Can anybody tell me the performance difference in % (like 20% will decrease) in case of 10000 records.
Thanks,
Kannan.

Kannan B wrote:
Do not confuse the topic, as I told im not going to use External tables. This post is to speak the performance difference between SQL Loader and Simple Insert Statement.I don't think people are confusing the topic.
External tables are a superior means of reading a file as it doesn't require any command line calls or external control files to be set up. All that is needed is a single external table definition created in a similar way to creating any other table (just with the additional external table information obviously). It also eliminates the need to have a 'staging' table on the database to load the data into as the data can just be queried as needed directly from the file, and if the file changes, so does the data seen through the external table automatically without the need to re-run any SQL*Loader process again.
Who told you not to use External Tables? Do they know what they are talking about? Can they give a valid reason why external tables are not to be used?
IMO, if you're considering SQL*Loader, you should be considering External tables as a better alternative.

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Hello,
I have situation where I have some data in .txt file and I have to load that data into one of my table.
My problem is I have fundtion get_id(a,b,c) in database which I have to call while loading the data to find out value of x.
I have value of a, b and c in txt file which I can access it using POSITION(N:M) in sql loader, but After accessing that value I just want to past to get_id() function and dont want to insert into sql loader.
any help

My control file is as below
Following field is not in database but I need to pass the value to the function to get a ESC_USER_ID. any help
OFFICE_NUM      filler POSITION(32:35) ,
STATION_DESK      filler POSITION(45:48),
LOAD DATA
INFILE REFERRALs.TXT
BADFILE REFERRAL_LOAD.BAD
DISCARDFILE REFERRAL_LOAD.DIS
INSERT
INTO TABLE REFERRAL
EVALUATE CHECK_CONSTRAINTS REENABLE DISABLED_CONSTRAINTS
TRAILING NULLCOLS
ID                    sequence (1,1),
JOB_ID                    POSITION (16:22) "GET_JOB_ID(:JOB_ID)"      ,
CUS_ID                    POSITION (23:31) "GET_CUS_ID(:CUS_ID)"     ,
STATUS_LU               CONSTANT 'F'                    ,
REQUEST_USER_TYPE_LU          CONSTANT 'S'                    ,
OFFICE_NUM      filler POSITION(32:35) ,
STATION_DESK      filler POSITION(45:48),
REQUEST_USER_ID          POSITION(143:149) "GET_ESCUSER_ID(OFFICE_NUM,STATION_DESK,:REQUEST_USER_ID)"     ,
REQUEST_DT               POSITION (37:44) "to_date(:REQUEST_DT,'YYYY/MM/DD')"     ,
REVIEW_USER_ID               FILLER                         ,
REVIEW_DT               FILLER                         ,
REFUSE_REASON_LU          FILLER                         ,
RESULT_LU               POSITION (97:97)               ,
NOTIFY_STATUS_LU          FILLER                         ,
NOTIFY_DT               FILLER                         ,
APPOINTMENT_DT               POSITION (106:113) "to_date(:APPOINTMENT_DT,'YYYY/MM/DD')"     ,
RESULT_DT               POSITION (98:105) "to_date(:RESULT_DT,'YYYY/MM/DD')"     ,
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