SQL Loader Issues

Question

I'm trying to lad a file into Oracle and I getting errors like:
Record 1: Rejected - Error on table "DW_SUPPORT"."ISAEO", column CLASS_CDE.
Variable length field exceeds maximum length.
This is for all my columns. Oracle is giving me different column widths than for the ones I've specified. In my control file, I've put:
OPTIONS ( SKIP=1, DIRECT=TRUE)
LOAD DATA
INFILE 'C:\CBOE\ICS\isaback_shrt.dat' "fix 89 "
BADFILE 'C:\CBOE\ICS\isaback_shrt.bad'
DISCARDFILE 'C:\CBOE\ICS\isaback_shrt.dsc'
INTO TABLE "DW_SUPPORT"."ISAEO"
INSERT
(CLASS_CDE POSITION (1:5) VARCHAR (5),
PUT_CALL_IND POSITION (6:6) VARCHAR (1),
EXPR_YR_DTE POSITION (7:8) VARCHAR (2),
EXPR_MO_DTE POSITION (9:10) VARCHAR (2),
EXER_PRC_INT POSITION (11:13) VARCHAR (3),
EXER_PRC_FRC POSITION (14:14) VARCHAR (1),
QUO_MO_SYM_CDE POSITION (15:15) VARCHAR (1),
QUO_PRC_SYM_CDE POSITION (16:16) VARCHAR (1),
SERS_ACTV_DTE POSITION (17:22) VARCHAR (6),
SERS_INACT_DTE POSITION (23:28) VARCHAR (6),
SERS_LSTMOD_DTE POSITION (29:34) VARCHAR (6),
DEC_FRAC_IND POSITION (35:35) VARCHAR (1),
FOUR_DIG_STRK POSITION (36:36) VARCHAR (1),
FIVE_DIG_STRK POSITION (37:37) VARCHAR (1),
FILLER POSITION (38:39) VARCHAR (2),
RAES_VOL_QTY POSITION (40:44) VARCHAR (5),
CARS_VOL_QTY POSITION (45:49) VARCHAR (5),
EXPR_RESN_CDE POSITION (50:50) VARCHAR (1),
AS_OF_CC POSITION (51:52) VARCHAR (2),
AS_OF_YY POSITION (53:54) VARCHAR (2),
AS_OF_MM POSITION (55:56) VARCHAR (2),
AS_OF_DD POSITION (57:58) VARCHAR (2),
FILLER2 POSITION (59:89) VARCHAR (31))
But Oracle, for some reason, has added two extra characters to each column giving me:
Table "DW_SUPPORT"."ISAEO", loaded from every logical record.
Insert option in effect for this table: INSERT
   Column Name                  Position   Len  Term Encl Datatype
CLASS_CDE                             1:5     7           VARCHAR             
PUT_CALL_IND                          6:6     3           VARCHAR             
EXPR_YR_DTE                           7:8     4           VARCHAR             
EXPR_MO_DTE                          9:10     4           VARCHAR             
EXER_PRC_INT                        11:13     5           VARCHAR             
EXER_PRC_FRC                        14:14     3           VARCHAR             
QUO_MO_SYM_CDE                      15:15     3           VARCHAR             
QUO_PRC_SYM_CDE                     16:16     3           VARCHAR             
SERS_ACTV_DTE                       17:22     8           VARCHAR             
SERS_INACT_DTE                      23:28     8           VARCHAR             
SERS_LSTMOD_DTE                     29:34     8           VARCHAR             
DEC_FRAC_IND                        35:35     3           VARCHAR             
FOUR_DIG_STRK                       36:36     3           VARCHAR             
FIVE_DIG_STRK                       37:37     3           VARCHAR             
FILLER                              38:39     4           VARCHAR             
RAES_VOL_QTY                        40:44     7           VARCHAR             
CARS_VOL_QTY                        45:49     7           VARCHAR             
EXPR_RESN_CDE                       50:50     3           VARCHAR             
AS_OF_CC                            51:52     4           VARCHAR             
AS_OF_YY                            53:54     4           VARCHAR             
AS_OF_MM                            55:56     4           VARCHAR             
AS_OF_DD                            57:58     4           VARCHAR             
FILLER2                             59:89    33           VARCHAR              So it's giving me errors like:
SQL*Loader-307: Warning: conflicting lengths 5 and 7 specified for column CLASS_CDE table "DW_SUPPORT"."ISAEO"
I have no idea why its done this. It looks like it thinks I have spaces between my fields. Since I'm working with fixed width input fields do I somehow need to specify that I there are no spaces between fields? What do I need to do?

Answer 1

If you have some way for SQL Loader to identify that the the record is split or if you can alter how the files are generated to include a set character at the start of a record then you should be able to do this using CONTINUEIF.
If you can insert a character say $$ at the start of the record then include continueif this (1:2) = '%%' in the control file.
Other than that, it will depend on the format of your file. If your first field is always 3 characters wide you could do continueif this preserve (3:3) = ',' If it happens that the CR/LF occurs just before the closing quotes you could try continueif next preserve (1:1) = '"' Anything else and its going to be pretty difficult...