SQLLDR is inserting carriage returns.

Hello. I tried searching but didn't find anything specific to my problem. I have a lot of Access tables to load into Oracle. All of the Access tables get appended into the same Oracle table. I'm exporting the Access tables to a excel spreadsheet then saving as a csv file. I run SQLLDR and it's giving me an error on a column saying invalid number. I switch the number field over to a Varchar2 and it loads. When I view the data in enterprise manager it has a square next to the last number. I did a simple replace on the character using replace(flow_rate,chr(13),'') and inserting that data into a number field again.
I'd like to be able to skip this step in the future. Is there a way to skip the carriage returns when loading.
Thanks

Thanks for the reply. Yes I am. I have a bunch of Access files on a NT server. I open them and export the table to a xls file on my desktop. I open the file then save it as a CSV on the desktop. I then use WinSCP3 to move the file from the desktop to the UNIX box which is where the Oracle database is located on.
It only puts the carriage return in the last column data is in. I have workaround using the replace function but I'd like to just fix the problem.

Similar Messages

Inserting carriage returns in a concatenated string

Hi.....
Does anyone know how to insert carriage returns within a concatenated string in a sql statement?
i.e. Select 'John'||'Smith' from dual
I'm trying to return:
John
Smith
as opposed to John Smith
Thanks,
~Christine

As suggested chr(10) is what you need, but it's not carriage return, but line feed, carriage return is chr(13). See the difference :
TEST@db102 SQL> select 'John'||chr(10)||'Smith' from dual;
'JOHN'||CH
John
Smith
TEST@db102 SQL> ed
Wrote file afiedt.buf
1* select 'John'||chr(13)||'Smith' from dual
TEST@db102 SQL> /
'JOHN'||CH
Smith
TEST@db102 SQL>

Inserting carriage returns in metadata when using fcsvr_client createasset

Anyone know how to insert a carriage returns into a field when using fcsvr_client createasset? For example:
./fcsvr_client createasset paassetspot /dev/6/test.mov PAMD_CUSTNOTES="With \n line \n breaks"

You can enter newlines as you type inline without variables; you just have to escape them to the shell.
In bash, do:
./fcsvr_client createasset paassetspot /dev/6/test.mov PAMD_CUSTNOTES=$'With \nline \nbreaks'
(The difference from your initial attempt is the dollar sign and the single quotes.)
In tcsh, you could do:
./fcsvr_client createasset paassetspot /dev/6/test.mov PAMD_CUSTNOTES="With \
? line \
? breaks"

Insert carriage return into string

can someone tell me how to insert chars like carriage return in to strings in Labview 6.1 ?
Thanks

under the string subpallette you will have the ability to use constants for carriages return, tab, etc. Also when on the front panel you can right click on any text indicator or control and select Codes Display. This will allow you to see the /n's. Hope this helps.
BJD1613
Lead Test Tools Development Engineer
Philips Respironics
Certified LV Architect / Instructor

Insert Carriage Return into CLOB

I'm creating a clob that will be sent via email as an attachment with errors that occur during a package run. How can I send a carriage return so that the lines in the attachment break up and are easier to read?
This is what I have so far.
LOOP
gv_email_body:= gv_email_body ||
'Amount'||err.amount
||'Vendor: '||err.description
||'Account: '||err.Acct
||chr(13);
END LOOP;
gv_email_body is my clob.

I resolved myself, quite simple.
chr(10)||chr(13)

Regular Expression. Select Statement. Carriage Return

Oracle 9i
Using SQLPLUS
I've read about regular expression and need some translation/explanation.
I have a large table containing a varchar2 (free text) column. Users may have inserted carriage returns when they entered the data. I need to locate rows that contain carriage returns, select and display them. Later I'll need to update those rows to replace the carriage returns with a space.
Can you assist with syntax. I believe use of a regular expression is required.
Thanks

for single characters like <CR> TRANSLATE() Doh. Never post at the end of a long day.
As the other posters have pointed out, one-for-one single character substitution is normally done with REPLACE(), although TRANSLATE() also works. The more normal role for TRANSLATE() is situations where you want to substitute multiple characters, e.g.
SQL> update <your table> set <your column> = replace (<your column> , chr(13)||chr(10), ' ');This substitutes a space for a carriage return and line feed combination.
Cheers, APC

How do we remove Carriage Return (line feed) inserted in FCC files

Hi Experts,
The file that we generate has a carriage return at the end.
Is there any way in which we can remove this carriage return (line feed) from the file?
The FCC parameters used at our end are as below:
structure.filedNames:
structure.fieldFixedLengths:
structure.fixedLengthTooShortHandling: Cut
Kindly tell us a solution ASAP.
Thanks & Regards
Dhwani

Dear All,
Let me elaborate on my query
Consider that the files output looks like below:
12 34 45 545 5454 UL
23 33 43 434 4545 FG
45 44 44 586 6535 GM
Now there is an extra line(Carriage Return) getting inserted after the last line 45 44 44 586 6535 GM which is not required at our end.
The cursor of the file instead of stopping on the last character M, points to the next line.
Can you please suggest how to remove this extra line from the files.
I dont understan how will remove context help in this case.
Regards
Dhwani

SQLLDR ignoring carriage returns

Can SQLLDR ignore carriage returns? I am trying to load records
from Access to Oracle. The columns I am loading contain content
for displaying on the web (Text inter-mixed with HTML code).
Because these columns were created/updated via a web interface,
they contain a lot of carriage returns. The problem I am having
in SQLLDR is when it sees a carriage return, it thinks it is a
new record. Can I prevent this without manually removing the
carriage returns in the Access records?

Hi William,
The Workbench should help you since it uses the following SQL
Loader syntax :-
"str '<er>'" specifies that the end of record delimiter is <er>.
This means carriage returns will be preserved. Also <ec> is the
end of column delimiter.
load data
infile 'AUTHORS.dat' "str '<er>'"
into table AUTHORS
fields terminated by '<ec>'
(AU_ID ,
AU_LNAME ,
AU_FNAME ,
PHONE ,
ADDRESS ,
CITY ,
STATE ,
ZIP ,
CONTRACT )

How to insert a carriage return in a varchar field

Post Author: gilles
CA Forum: Data Integration
Hello,
How do you insert a carriage return in a varchar field in BODI ? I couldn't find a function like CHAR(13)...
Thanks
Gilles

Post Author: gilles
CA Forum: Data Integration
Thanks a lot,
I'll upgrade to 11.7 (currently 11.5.1)
Gilles

How do you insert a carriage return into a string ?

Hi,
I don't know how to insert a carriage return, \n ,into a string
without the carriage return being interpeted. I am trying to build
a string called queryVariable from the file below so that it equates
to the necessary format for JDBC to execute the query.
SQL script file:
declare @x datetime
select @x = null
exec OSVBAK01...demand_dump PRODUCT,FULL,@x
go
required string format for query:
"declare @x datetime\n"+"select @x = null\n"+
"exec OSVBAK01...demand_dump PRODUCT,FULL,@x";
void Readfile(String path, String infilename) {
try {
File file = new File(path + infilename);
     if (!file.exists()) {
     System.err.println("File not found");
     BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader
(new FileReader(file));
     String str;
     String queryVariable = "";
     StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
     while ((str = in.readLine()) != null) {
     sb.append("\"").append(str).append("\n\"")
.append("+");
     in.close();
     queryVariable = sb.toString();
     System.out.println(queryVariable);
} catch (IOException e) {
     System.err.println(e.getCause());
queryVariable equates to the following after running the code above:
"declare @x datetime
"+"select @x = null
"+"exec OSVBAK01...demand_dump PRODUCT,FULL,@x
"+"go
"+
Any assistance anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your time,
YAM-SSM

Interesting... that would mean, of course, that in the case of concatenating string literals (outside of loops, as they say), the compiler is optimizing the code to avoid the need for using StringBuffers internally. Actually, it's good to know this, as I wasn't aware of this optimization.
However, the post wasn't meant to be serious... I hoped that was obvious. Everyone's spouting off nearly the same thing for adding strings and line separators and whatever.

Invalid column name - fixed by inserting a carriage return - Why?

I'm writing some JSP pages and am executing a statement that retrieves values from three tables.
When executing the statement I receive the error
java.sql.SQLException: Invalid column name
I just want to state here that ALL the column names are definitely correct. I attempted to isolate the problem using my SQL*Plus Interface.
When copying and pasting the SQL that was used (I put the SQL statement into the HTML to allow me to do this) into SQL*Plus it also come up with the error. I found that if I broke up the statement it would run. Specifically if I placed a carriage return (by hitting enter) prior to the 'A' of the AND operator and then copied and pasted into SQL*Plus it would work!
I thought the problem was related to bad syntax in the outer join operator. But removal of the outer join operator and making it a EQUI JOIN situation still gave the same results. I tried the use of brackets to 'help' the DB engine figure it out - silly I know, but it didn't work anyway :(
I've tried this out on UNIX in SQL*Plus where the query was on one line and it worked fine. I've tried it on Oracle 8.1.5 SQL*Plus & Oracle 8.1.7 SQL*Plus on Win2000 and WinNT and no go.
It has also been tested on an Oracle 7.3.4 DB and no go either.
Remember I'm only using SQL*Plus to find out why it is not working - I'm actually attempting to execute this via JDBC (classes12.zip Oracle9 version) in my JavaBean. I can't place a carriage return to 'fix' the problem, and I'm assuming that I shouldn't either.
I've pasted the SQL below (both non-working and working versions). I was going to paste the output of DESC on the associated tables should you too would rule out a mispelled column name, but I didn't want to put anyone off with a long post.
If you can provide any advice I would be very appreciative.
Darren James
Show Me Technology
SQL> SELECT UNIT.Asset_Number,Model,PERSON.Novell_User_Name FROM
UNIT, UNIT_USERS, PERSON
2 WHERE UNIT.Hardware_Reference_Number =
UNIT_USERS.Hardware_Reference_Number(+) AND UNIT_USERS
.Novell_User_Name = PERSON.Novell_User_Name (+) ORDER BY Make,
Model, Asset_Number,Serial_Number,
UNIT.Hardware_Reference_Number,Unit_Type,PERSON.Last_Name,PERSON.Fi
rst_Name,PERSON.Novell_User_Name;
3 /
WHERE UNIT.Hardware_Reference_Number =
UNIT_USERS.Hardware_Reference_Number(+) AND UNIT_USERS.Novel
ERROR at line 2:
ORA-00904: invalid column name
REM -- Using the one with an return prior to the AND
SQL> SELECT UNIT.Asset_Number,Model,PERSON.Novell_User_Name FROM
UNIT, UNIT_USERS, PERSON
2 WHERE UNIT.Hardware_Reference_Number =
UNIT_USERS.Hardware_Reference_Number(+)
3 AND UNIT_USERS.Novell_User_Name = PERSON.Novell_User_Name
(+) ORDER BY Make, Model,
4 Asset_Number,Serial_Number,
5
UNIT.Hardware_Reference_Number,Unit_Type,PERSON.Last_Name,PERSON.Fi
rst_Name,PERSON.Novell_User_
Name;
ASSET_NUMBER
MODEL
NOVELL_USE
10023445
desktop raider
tabisho
10023445
desktop raider
pjblee
100349864
VEi8
SQL>

Ok. I feel ashamed that the answer was so simple and not the
problem I thought it was. But in the interests of perhaps
preventing someone else doing the same silly thing....
The error was caused by using a wrong name when 'getting' the
values int the return ResultSet object. (eg using getString
("s.Some_Name") when it should have been getString
("s.Another_Name").
Interestingly the error did occur in one of our SQL*Plus
versions. Why we still are not sure, but since this was a silly
error on my part, I'm sure a similarly silly reason will be the
cause there two.
I appreciate those who responded though. It is a great resource.
Darren James
I'm just guessing here, but could it be some sort of a size thing? Could it be that, if you don't break up line 2, somehow
it gets truncated or wrapped at an inappropriate place? To test
this theory, you might try putting the carriage return in front
of the ORDER BY, instead of in front of the AND, and see if it
has the same effect. If you do get it figured out, please
satisfy our curiosity and let us know.

Insert a Carriage Return in template

Hello All,
I need to replace a character '#' with carriage return in form field of RTF Template, Is it possible to do it. I am using XML publisher 5.0.
Eg: <SAMPLE>123#345#567</SAMPLE>
Output:
<SAMPLE>123
345
567</SAMPLE>
Your response is appreciated.

111 <?xdoxslt:chr(10)?>2222will give you the new line character,
in-between 111 and 2222 there will be in new line.
http://winrichman.blogspot.com/search/label/BIP%20xsl%20extended%20function
But you need latest version for this :)
if am not wrong, this function was introduced above 10.1.3.3.+
latest BIP EBS version should have this extended function too.

What is escape character for for Carriage Return, Line Feed, Form Feed

Hi
I need to a text file which should have following characters
Carriage Return, Line Feed, Form Feed
How do i insert them in a string
i know "\f" is carriage return,
but what are characters for line feed and form feed
Ashish

uncle_alice wrote:
jverd wrote:
remus.dragos wrote:
I forgot that it does not exist in Java. A good thing
from my point of view.Running the following makes my computer beep.
public class Bell {
public static void main(String... args) {
System.out.println("\u0007");
Sure, sending a BEL character to the console rings the bell, but that has nothing to do with Java. Anyway, I think he meant Java doesn't support the \a escape sequence in string and char literals.
>
>
>I forgot that it does not exist in Java. A good thing
from my point of view.
Running the following makes my computer beep.
public class Bell {
public static void main(String... args) {
System.out.println("\u0007");
} Sure, sending a BEL character to the console rings the bell, but that has nothing to do with Java. Anyway, I think he meant Java doesn't support the \a escape sequence in string and char literals.
Ah, I thought he was saying Java doesn't support ringing the bell.

Carriage Return Problem

Hello,
I have written some code which extracts data from a MySQL
database and stores it in a CSV file using CFFILE.
However, the database includes data inserted from an HTML
textarea form element which is stored in a MySQL text field. The
textarea data includes carriage returns which, when written to a
CSV file, force a new line which makes the data messy.
Is there a way of removing the carriage returns?
Many thanks,
Simon

I recently had to deal with a similar situation. The
differences are:
1. My file is pipe delimited.
2. My source data comes from a vendor application, not an
html form.
The following code worked for me.
<cffile action="write" nameconflict="overwrite"
addnewline="no" output=""
file="d:\dw\dwweb\work\#CaseFileName#">
<cfoutput query="casedata">
<cffile action="append"
file="d:\dw\dwweb\work\#CaseFileName#"
output="#caseid#|strip a bunch of
fields|#theatre_mcase#|#Replace(pre_op_diag, chr(10), ' ',
'all')##chr(13)#">
</cfoutput>

Interactive Report: how can I display carriage returns?

Hello everybody.
Here is my problem: I created a table containing a field COMMENT varchar2(4000) and using APEX 4.1 I built an interactive report on it.
Users can fill the field COMMENT with sentences on different rows, ex:
" this is the first line
this is the second line
this is the third line"
This is correctly managed in the FORM, where I defined the field COMMENT as 'Text Area', but in the REPORT I wasn't able to set it in a way which permits to see it whit the carriage returns: the content is displayed on one row only : "this is the first linethis is the second linethis is the third line".
I tried and set all the possible field types, but I found no ways to display the content exactly as it is (with carriage returns).
Obviously I cannot use HTML
, since I cannot ask users to digit it when inserting their text.
Could someone suggest me how to reach this result? In need to use the interactive report because the searching/filtering tool is fundamental.
Thanks in advance,
Daniele

>
Please update your forum profile with a real handle instead of "user9211286".
Here is my problem: I created a table containing a field COMMENT varchar2(4000) and using APEX 4.1 I built an interactive report on it.
Users can fill the field COMMENT with sentences on different rows, ex:
" this is the first line
this is the second line
this is the third line"
This is correctly managed in the FORM, where I defined the field COMMENT as 'Text Area', but in the REPORT I wasn't able to set it in a way which permits to see it whit the carriage returns: the content is displayed on one row only : "this is the first linethis is the second linethis is the third line".
I tried and set all the possible field types, but I found no ways to display the content exactly as it is (with carriage returns).
Obviously I cannot use HTML
, since I cannot ask users to digit it when inserting their text.
Could someone suggest me how to reach this result? In need to use the interactive report because the searching/filtering tool is fundamental.Use a CSS style sheet with attribute selectors. Put this in the page HTML Header, replacing the <tt>T_EMP_NAME</tt> etc selectors with the actual <tt>id</tt> attributes of your column headers:
<style type="text/css">
.apexir_WORKSHEET_DATA td[headers="T_EMP_NAME"] {
white-space: pre;
</style>
Interactive Report Control Break disregards HTML Header style.

SQLLDR is inserting carriage returns.

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for