Sql loader syntax issue

Question

SQL*Loader: Release 11.1.0.7.0 - Production on Thu Mar 18 07:21:37 2010
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SQL*Loader-350: Syntax error at line 1.
Expecting keyword LOAD, found "ÐÏ".
ÐÏࡱá
^
My sqlldr file looks like this:
sqlldr control=C:\data\ctl\ss.ctl log=C:\data\logs\ss.log userid=User/Password errors=999 discard=C:\data\discard\ss.dis
control file looks like this:
LOAD DATA
INFILE 'C:\data\SS.TXT' "STR '\r\n'"
REPLACE
INTO TABLE SS
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ';'
TRAILING NULLCOLS
ACCOUNT_NBR CHAR,
ADDR1 CHAR,
ADDR2 CHAR,
ADDR3 CHAR,
ADDR4 CHAR,
CITY CHAR,
STATE CHAR,
ZIPCODE CHAR ,
more columns all of the are the same syntax column name and char
I can load this table using the enterprise manager but when using the sqlldr its not working.
Anything stand out?
Edited by: mlojan on Mar 18, 2010 5:33 AM

Answer 1

Only thing I can think of is there is some character set issue between the control file and the operating syste/oracle server.
You did you create the control file using a text based editor such as notepad or wordpad didn't you? You haven't used something like MS Word?