SQLLDR - load welsh character

Question

Hello Experts,
Database 9.2.0.5 and character set is
NLS_CHARACTERSET- AL32UTF8
NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET - AL16UTF16
Table Description
CREATE TABLE WELSHTRANSFORM
INTERFACE VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
WELSHCHR CHAR(2 BYTE),
ANGLICHR CHAR(2 BYTE),
INSERTDT DATE,
UPDDT DATE
welshutf8.dat (saved as UTF-8)
A,Â,A
A,Ê,E
A,Î,I
Ctl file
LOAD DATA INFILE 'welshutf8.dat'
BADFILE 'welsh.bad'
DISCARDFILE 'welsh.dsc'
TRUNCATE INTO TABLE welshtransform
FIELDS TERMINATED BY "," OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
TRAILING NULLCOLS
(interface,
welshchr,
anglichr,
insertdt sysdate
Log file
Table WELSHTRANSFORM, loaded from every logical record.
Insert option in effect for this table: TRUNCATE
TRAILING NULLCOLS option in effect
Column Name Position Len Term Encl Datatype
INTERFACE FIRST * , O(") CHARACTER
WELSHCHR NEXT * , O(") CHARACTER
ANGLICHR NEXT * , O(") CHARACTER
INSERTDT SYSDATE
Record 1: Rejected - Error on table WELSHTRANSFORM, column WELSHCHR.
ORA-01401: inserted value too large for column
Record 2: Rejected - Error on table WELSHTRANSFORM, column WELSHCHR.
ORA-01401: inserted value too large for column
Record 3: Rejected - Error on table WELSHTRANSFORM, column WELSHCHR.
ORA-01401: inserted value too large for column
Please can I get help on to insert with this welsh characters using sqlldr in a table. Manual Insert statement works fine.
insert into lang_transform (lang_rule,transform_from,transform_to,insertdate) values ('A','Â','A',sysdate);
insert into lang_transform (lang_rule,transform_from,transform_to,insertdate) values ('A','Ê','E',sysdate);
insert into lang_transform (lang_rule,transform_from,transform_to,insertdate) values ('A','Î','I',sysdate);
insert into lang_transform (lang_rule,transform_from,transform_to,insertdate) values ('A','Ô','O',sysdate);
Thanks.

Answer 1

Are you running manual INSERT and SQLLDR from the same OS session ?
What is the value of OS NLS_LANG setting in the OS session ?
If you are using a Unix session:
>
echo $NLS_LANG
>
If you are using a Windows session, check Windows Registry.
I suspect a NLS_LANG issue:
If NLS_LANG is not defined (default character set is US7ASCII)
select vsize(convert('Â','AL32UTF8')) from dual
SQL> /
VSIZE(CONVERT('??','AL32UTF8'))
                     4If NLS_LANG is set to AMERICAN_AMERICA.AL32UTF8
SQL> select vsize(convert('Â','AL32UTF8')) from dual
  2  ;
VSIZE(CONVERT('Â','AL32UTF8'))
                    2