Sql loader - loading data into database problem

Question

Hi,
I am facing problem in loading data using ctl file and a data file into oracle db.
The table I am entering has the following structure:
CREATE TABLE "ENRCO07"."TEST"
"NAME" VARCHAR2(50 BYTE),
"MOD_DATE" DATE DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP NOT NULL ENABLE
My ctl file has structure as:
OPTIONS (DIRECT=FALSE, ERRORS=1000)
LOAD DATA
APPEND
INTO TABLE TEST
truncate
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ";"
TRAILING NULLCOLS
NAME,
MOD_DATE DATE 'YYYYMMDDHH24MISS'
I tried a lot with MOD_DATE format since it was showing the error null cannot be inserted and other errors were also encountered.
My problem statement is :
I want the default date as current_timestamp in the format "'YYYYMMDDHH24MISS" else the date that comes from the data file to be loaded into oracle db.
I can't alter the DDL only ctl can be altered to get to the solution.
I am new to this , kindly help.
Thanks
Abhinav

Answer 1

Thanks for the reply but
still the problem is
if my data file has records as:
abhi1;20120416151900
abhi2;20120417151700
abhi3;
abhi4;20120416151900
and the ctl as:
OPTIONS (DIRECT=FALSE, ERRORS=1000)
LOAD DATA
APPEND
INTO TABLE TEST
truncate
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ";"
TRAILING NULLCOLS
USER_NAME CHAR NULLIF (USER_NAME=BLANKS),
MOD_DATE DATE 'YYYYMMDDHH24MISS' NULLIF (MOD_DATE=BLANKS)
The entered data in the db is:
abhi1     16-APR-12
abhi2     17-APR-12
abhi4     16-APR-12
the data with missing date is not loaded.
Thanks