Throwing not a valid month error(ORA-01843)

Hi,
Can you please tell me whats wrong with the statement
select Fas_Rpt_Disclose_Summ_Pkg.F_EXR_COLUMN_VALUES(3,5207773,TO_DATE('28-JUN-06','DD-MON-YY'),TO_DATE('26-Sep-06','DD-MON-YY'),TO_DATE('26-SEP-06:23:59:59','DD-MON-YY:HH24:MI:SS'),'INTRINSICVALEXR') from dual;
Thanks

What is the current value of NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE?
SQL> alter session set nls_date_language='ENGLISH';
Session altered.
SQL> select TO_DATE('28-JUN-06','DD-MON-YY'),
2         TO_DATE('26-Sep-06','DD-MON-YY'),
3         TO_DATE('26-SEP-06:23:59:59','DD-MON-YY:HH24:MI:SS')
4 from dual;
TO_DATE(' TO_DATE(' TO_DATE('
28-JUN-06 26-SEP-06 26-SEP-06
SQL> alter session set nls_date_language='FRENCH';
Session altered.
SQL> select TO_DATE('28-JUN-06','DD-MON-YY'),
2         TO_DATE('26-Sep-06','DD-MON-YY'),
3         TO_DATE('26-SEP-06:23:59:59','DD-MON-YY:HH24:MI:SS')
4 from dual;
select TO_DATE('28-JUN-06','DD-MON-YY'),
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01843: not a valid month
SQL>

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************Exception message****************
"not a valid month"
************Exception message End****************
************Stored procedure code****************
PROCEDURE getall_by_date
P_DATE IN DATE,
EVENT_FREQUENCY IN NVARCHAR2,
CRM_EVENTS_RECORDS OUT SYS_REFCURSOR
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CRM_EVENTS.EVENT_TYPE,
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CRM_EVENTS.STATUS,
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CRM_EVENTS.START_DATE,
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CRM_RECURRINGEVENTS.REMINDER_TIME
FROM
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WHERE
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AND
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CRM_EVENTS.EVENT_TYPE,
CRM_EVENTS.PUBLIC_VIEW,
CRM_EVENTS.LOCATION,
CRM_EVENTS.STATUS,
CRM_EVENTS.PRIORITY,
CRM_EVENTS.DESCRIPTION AS E_DESCRIPTION,
CRM_EVENTS.SEND_NOTIFICATION,
CRM_EVENTS.START_DATE,
CRM_EVENTS.END_DATE,
CRM_EVENTS.EVENT_DAYS,
CRM_EVENTS.EVENT_HOURS,
CRM_EVENTS.EVENT_MINUTES,
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CRM_RECURRINGEVENTS.RECURRINGDATE,
CRM_RECURRINGEVENTS.REMINDER_SENT,
CRM_RECURRINGEVENTS.REMINDER_TIME
FROM
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SELECT
CRM_EVENTS.ID,
CRM_EVENTS.EVENT_NAME,
CRM_EVENTS.EVENT_TYPE,
CRM_EVENTS.PUBLIC_VIEW,
CRM_EVENTS.LOCATION,
CRM_EVENTS.STATUS,
CRM_EVENTS.PRIORITY,
CRM_EVENTS.DESCRIPTION AS E_DESCRIPTION,
CRM_EVENTS.SEND_NOTIFICATION,
CRM_EVENTS.START_DATE,
CRM_EVENTS.END_DATE,
CRM_EVENTS.EVENT_DAYS,
CRM_EVENTS.EVENT_HOURS,
CRM_EVENTS.EVENT_MINUTES,
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CRM_RECURRINGEVENTS.RECURRINGDATE,
CRM_RECURRINGEVENTS.REMINDER_SENT,
CRM_RECURRINGEVENTS.REMINDER_TIME
FROM
CRM_EVENTS, CRM_RECURRINGEVENTS
WHERE
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CRM_EVENTS.ID,
CRM_EVENTS.EVENT_NAME,
CRM_EVENTS.EVENT_TYPE,
CRM_EVENTS.PUBLIC_VIEW,
CRM_EVENTS.LOCATION,
CRM_EVENTS.STATUS,
CRM_EVENTS.PRIORITY,
CRM_EVENTS.DESCRIPTION AS E_DESCRIPTION,
CRM_EVENTS.SEND_NOTIFICATION,
CRM_EVENTS.START_DATE,
CRM_EVENTS.END_DATE,
CRM_EVENTS.EVENT_DAYS,
CRM_EVENTS.EVENT_HOURS,
CRM_EVENTS.EVENT_MINUTES,
CRM_RECURRINGEVENTS.ID,
CRM_RECURRINGEVENTS.RECURRINGDATE,
CRM_RECURRINGEVENTS.REMINDER_SENT,
CRM_RECURRINGEVENTS.REMINDER_TIME
FROM
CRM_EVENTS, CRM_RECURRINGEVENTS
WHERE
TO_CHAR(CRM_RECURRINGEVENTS.RECURRINGDATE,'W') = TO_CHAR(TO_DATE(P_DATE,'DD-MM-YYYY'),'W')
AND
TO_CHAR(CRM_RECURRINGEVENTS.RECURRINGDATE,'MM') = TO_CHAR(TO_DATE(P_DATE,'DD-MM-YYYY'),'MM')
AND
TO_CHAR(CRM_RECURRINGEVENTS.RECURRINGDATE,'YYYY') = TO_CHAR(TO_DATE(P_DATE,'DD-MM-YYYY'),'YYYY')
AND
CRM_RECURRINGEVENTS.CRM_EVENTS_ID = CRM_EVENTS.ID
ORDER BY
CRM_RECURRINGEVENTS.RECURRINGDATE DESC;
END IF;
END;;
************Stored procedure code End****************
************C#.NET code****************
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using Oracle.DataAccess.Client;
using Oracle.DataAccess.Types;
using System.Data;
namespace BussLayer
public class Event
string eventName;
string startDate;
string endDate;
int public_view;
string priority;
int EventType;
int sendNotification;
string location;
int eventstatus;
string description;
int EventId;
int on_every;
string first_or_last;
int day_of_month;
string day_name;
string repeat_frequency;
int sun;
int mon;
int tue;
int wed;
int thu;
int fri;
int sat;
int repeat_enabled;
string single_date;
string relatedType;
int relatedToId;
int Remind_Time_Days;
int Remind_Time_Mins;
int Remind_Time_Hrs;
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String EVENT_FREQUENCY;
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get { return pDate; }
set { pDate = value; }
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get { return EVENT_FREQUENCY; }
set { EVENT_FREQUENCY = value; }
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get { return Remind_Time_Hrs; }
set { Remind_Time_Hrs = value; }
public int p_Remind_Time_Mins
get { return Remind_Time_Mins; }
set { Remind_Time_Mins = value; }
public int p_Remind_Time_Days
get { return Remind_Time_Days; }
set { Remind_Time_Days = value; }
public int p_RelatedToId
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get { return endDate; }
set { endDate = value; }
public string p_startDate
get { return startDate; }
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set { on_every = value; }
public string p_first_or_last
get { return first_or_last; }
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get { return day_of_month; }
set { day_of_month = value; }
public string p_day_name
get { return day_name; }
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public string p_repeat_freq
get { return repeat_frequency; }
set { repeat_frequency = value; }
public int p_repeat_enabled
get { return repeat_enabled; }
set { repeat_enabled = value; }
public int p_sat
get { return sat; }
set { sat = value; }
public int p_fri
get { return fri; }
set { fri = value; }
public int p_thu
get { return thu; }
set { thu = value; }
public int p_wed
get { return wed; }
set { wed = value; }
public int p_tue
get { return tue; }
set { tue = value; }
public int p_mon
get { return mon; }
set { mon = value; }
public int p_sun
get { return sun; }
set { sun = value; }
public int p_eventType
get { return EventType; }
set { EventType = value; }
public string p_Description
get { return description; }
set { description = value; }
public int p_EvnetId
get { return EventId; }
set { EventId = value; }
public string p_eventName
get { return eventName; }
set { eventName = value; }
public int p_PublicView
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set { public_view = value; }
public string p_priority
get { return priority; }
set { priority = value; }
public int p_activityType
get { return EventType; }
set { EventType = value; }
public int p_sendNotification
get { return sendNotification; }
set { sendNotification = value; }
public string p_location
get { return location; }
set { location = value; }
public int p_eventstatus
get { return eventstatus; }
set { eventstatus = value; }
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OracleCommand[] arcmr = new OracleCommand[1];
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orapm[0].OracleDbType = OracleDbType.Date;
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orapm[0].ParameterName = "P_DATE";
orapm[0].Value =Convert.ToDateTime(p_Date).ToString("dd-MM-yyyy");
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orapm[1].OracleDbType = OracleDbType.NVarchar2;
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orapm[2] = new OracleParameter();
orapm[2].OracleDbType = OracleDbType.RefCursor;
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return_Status = brc.CreateCommand(ref cmdtype, ref Cmdstring, ref objcmd, ref strstatus, ref orapm);
return_Status = brc.GetDataTable(ref objcmd, ref dt, ref strstatus);
return dt;
************C#.NET code End****************

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WEST_ID VARCHAR2(20)
LOAD_DATE DATE
MOD_DATE DATE
STATUS NOT NULL CHAR(1)
EFFECTIVE_DATE VARCHAR2(10)
LONG_TITLE VARCHAR2(2000)
SHORT_TITLE VARCHAR2(2000)
LANGUAGE CHAR(1)
TYPE_OF_DOC VARCHAR2(20)
FLAG_COLOUR CHAR(1)
ACTION_TYPE CHAR(1)
FLAG_OVERRIDE_IND CHAR(1)
OWNER NOT NULL CHAR(1)
FLAGPROP_IND NOT NULL CHAR(1)
METADATA_ACTION_TYPE NOT NULL CHAR(1)
METADATA_STATUS NOT NULL CHAR(1)
NOVUS_GUID NOT NULL CHAR(33)
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Name Null? Type
CRSW_ID NOT NULL VARCHAR2(256)
XML_DOC SYS.XMLTYPE
LOAD_DATE NOT NULL DATE
MOD_DATE NOT NULL DATE
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CRSW_ID NOT NULL VARCHAR2(256)
DGN_LOCATOR VARCHAR2(30)
KEYCLASS VARCHAR2(40)
SUBJ_CODE VARCHAR2(3)
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ABRCLASS_IND NOT NULL CHAR(1)
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RPT_GROUP_ID NOT NULL NUMBER
RPT_CODE NOT NULL VARCHAR2(10)
RPT_NAME NOT NULL VARCHAR2(100)
SRCH_CRITERIA VARCHAR2(4000)
EML_TARGET VARCHAR2(2000)
EML_SUBJ VARCHAR2(150)
SUBSCR_NO VARCHAR2(20)
SUBSCR_PREFIX VARCHAR2(10)
START_DATE NOT NULL DATE
SCHED_DAYS NUMBER
WEED_DATE DATE
ISSUE_NO NUMBER
STATUS NOT NULL CHAR(1)
ABORT_THRESHOLD NUMBER
SCHED_DATE DATE
EML_ATTACHMENT_NAME VARCHAR2(200)
SQL> descr relation
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CITING_DOC NOT NULL VARCHAR2(256)
CITED_DOC NOT NULL VARCHAR2(256)
DISPLAY_TEXT VARCHAR2(256)
HISTORY_CODE NOT NULL NUMBER(4)
SORT_ID NOT NULL NUMBER(10)
MOD_DATE NOT NULL DATE
EXPIRED_IND NOT NULL CHAR(1)
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ORA-01843: not a valid month error is coming

Hi,
whats wrong with the query
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SQL> SELECT (to_char(tO_date('09/29/2006', 'mm/dd/yyyy'))||':'||TO_CHAR(systimestamp,'hh24:mi:ss:ff6'))
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(TO_CHAR(TO_DATE('09/29/2006
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But you want mm/dd/yyyy hh24:mi:ss:ff6 format then use TO_CHAR function for format specifier
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Trying to use PL/SQL to automatically create a report that show the following:
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               where list_id = 3290
               and participation_code_id = 10
               and trunc(participation_date)
               between trunc(next_day(sysdate-29, 'SUNDAY')-7) and
                        trunc(sysdate-29);I'm using the number 29 because I'm using a test database to test this first before moving it into production. And my test data only goes back to early August 2006.
Also, I'm not doing anything with months, so I am suprised that it is throwing this type of error.
thanks

I tested a snippet of code in my production environment, just to see if I would get any results:
--registered users weekly starts
select count(*), trunc(next_day(sysdate-1, 'SUNDAY')-7), trunc(sysdate-1)
     --into v_weekly_count_total_ru, v_weekly_start_date, v_weekly_end_date
          from entities
               where list_id = 3290
               and participation_code_id = 10
               and trunc(participation_date)
               between trunc(next_day(sysdate-1, 'SUNDAY')-7) and trunc(sysdate-1);
COUNT(*)     TRUNC(NEXT_DAY(SYSDATE-1,'SUND     TRUNC(SYSDATE-1)--INTOV_WEEKLY
1     09/10/2006 00:00:00     09/11/2006 00:00:00I did a double check in my test DB to make sure there is data there:
select count(*)
     from entities
          where trunc(participation_date)
          between to_date('01-08-2006','DD-MM-YYYY')
          and to_date('14-08-2006','DD-MM-YYYY')
          and list_id = 3290;
COUNT(*)
11So I'm pretty sure that I'm not pulling anything null.
thanks

Error - ORA-01843: NOT A VALID MONTH

I get this Error when I execute a procedure which accepts input paramters to insert into a table. I tried using TO_DATE(Input_param,'MM/DD/YY') too but it still gives me the error. Plz. Help.

> However if I make this modification in the values clause of the insert statement
and if I dont used "TO_DATE" function in the procedure call its giving me the above error.
SQL> values(
,TO_DATE(p_date,'DD/MM/YYYY'));
I'm not clear what modification you are making to what. If p_date is a DATE, there should not be a TO_DATE conversion applied to it inside the procedure - it's already a DATE.
How is your case different from the following example?
SQL> CREATE TABLE testit
2 ( id INTEGER, dateval DATE );
Table created.
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE testproc
2     ( p_id INTEGER
3     , p_dateval DATE )
4 AS
5 BEGIN
6     INSERT INTO testit (id, dateval)
7     VALUES (p_id, p_dateval);
8 END testproc;
9 /
Procedure created.
SQL> desc testproc
PROCEDURE testproc
Argument Name                  Type                    In/Out Default?
P_ID                           NUMBER(38)              IN
P_DATEVAL                      DATE                    IN
SQL> exec testproc(1, sysdate);
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> exec testproc(2, DATE '2006-03-24');
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> exec testproc (3, TO_DATE('23/03/2006','DD/MM/YYYY'))
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> SELECT * FROM testit;
        ID DATEVAL
         1 24-MAR-2006
         2 24-MAR-2006
         3 23-MAR-2006
3 rows selected.If the procedure parameter is a DATE and the column is also a DATE, there should be no conversion involved. The "Not a valid month" error occurs when you try to convert a string to a DATE using either the wrong format or a nonsense string such as '2005-94-01'. You need to be clear what is a DATE and what is a string at each stage of processing.
Notice that the default date format can be changed:
SQL> ALTER SESSION SET nls_date_format = 'YYYY-MM-DD';
Session altered.
SQL> SELECT * FROM testit;
        ID DATEVAL
         1 2006-03-24
         2 2006-03-24
         3 2006-03-23
3 rows selected.
SQL> ALTER SESSION SET nls_date_format = 'RRRR-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS';
Session altered.
SQL> SELECT * FROM testit;
        ID DATEVAL
         1 2006-03-24 11:55:45
         2 2006-03-24 00:00:00
         3 2006-03-23 00:00:00
3 rows selected.

Not a Valid Month Issue

Hi,
When i execute an insert statement i get ORA-01843 not a valid month error.
below is the SQL i try to execute in SQLPlus;
Insert into IKD$TA_L_FACHL_SCHRITT (FACHL_SCHRITT_ID, FACHL_SCHRITT_TEXT, VALID_FROM, VALID_TO) values (1,'LOAD_STG_TMD_ZUSATZDATEN' ,'19.08.2008','31.12.9999');
However if i execute the same in Oracle SQL developer it is working fine. Can someone please suggest what could be the reason for error in SQL PLUS ?
I suspect this to be the NLS_DATE_FORMAT setting issue, please correct if im wrong.
Thanks

Hi,
Never use a VARCHAR2 where a DATE is needed.
Use TO_DATE (with 2 arguments) to convert a VARCHAR2 to a DATE when necessary.
For example:
Insert into IKD$TA_L_FACHL_SCHRITT
       ( FACHL_SCHRITT_ID, FACHL_SCHRITT_TEXT,             VALID_FROM,              VALID_TO)
values ( 1,             'LOAD_STG_TMD_ZUSATZDATEN' , TO_DATE ( '19.08.2008'
                                                         , 'DD.MM.YYYY'), TO_DATE ( '31.12.9999'
                                                           , 'DD.MM.YYYY)
       );The problem with implicit conversions is that they don't necessarily use the format you want them to.
Always use an explicit conversion function, and specify the format.

M_View failed inrefresh throws error: ORA-12008/ORA-01843:not a valid month

I am not able to refresh this matrialized view in 2 databases.Can some one help please
======================================================
SQL> exec dbms_refresh.refresh('OID_SYNCH.OID_SYNCH_EMPLOYEES_HR');
BEGIN dbms_refresh.refresh('OID_SYNCH.OID_SYNCH_EMPLOYEES_HR'); END;
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-12008: error in materialized view refresh path
ORA-01843: not a valid month
ORA-02063: preceding line from HR
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_SNAPSHOT", line 2251
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_SNAPSHOT", line 2457
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_IREFRESH", line 685
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_REFRESH", line 195
ORA-06512: at line 1
======================================
DDL of Matrialized view is as:
CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW "OID_SYNCH"."OID_SYNCH_EMPLOYEES_HR" ORGANIZATION HEAP PCTFREE 10 PCTUSED 40 INITRANS 1 MAXTRANS 255 NOCOMPRESS LOGGING
STORAGE(INITIAL 65536 NEXT 1048576 MINEXTENTS 1 MAXEXTENTS 2147483645 PCTINCREASE 0 FREELISTS 1 FREELIST GROUPS 1 BUFFER_POOL DEFAULT)
TABLESPACE "OID_SYNCH_D" BUILD IMMEDIATE USING INDEX REFRESH COMPLETE ON DEMAND START WITH sysdate+0 NEXT trunc(sysdate + 1) USING DEFAULT LOCAL ROLLBACK SEGMENT
DISABLE QUERY REWRITE AS ( select hr_person_id, hr_employee_status, hr_employee_number,hr_workbrain_id, hr_last_name, hr_first_name, hr_full_name,
hr_known_as, hr_middle_names, hr_previous_last_name,hr_suffix, hr_email_address, hr_user_name,system_person_type, user_person_type, hr_start_date, hr_last_update_date,home_city, home_state, home_zip, home_country,home_last_update_date,position_name, job_name,work_location_code, work_location_desc,work_city, work_state, work_zip,work_country,work_last_update_date,hr_supervisor_name,hr_supervisor_id,hr_sup_last_update_date,termination_date
from oid_synch_employees@hr )

>
I am not able to refresh this matrialized view in 2 databases.Can some one help please
>
Post the ddl for the source table.
Also do a test. Create a table that is a clone of the MV table. Then try to do an INSERT INTO SELECT * FROM the source table into the clone table and see if you get an error.
Don't forget to post the 4 digit Oracle versions of the source and target databases.

Oracle error "ORA-01843: not a valid month" when trying to run sqlldr

Hi all,
I'm trying to load some data into a staging database via a CSV file using sqlldr, and am running into an issue where it doesn't like the date format I'm using.
Here is my input data:
2012-01-09 16:28:12 -05:00Here is the entry in the .ctl file:
created TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE 'yyyy-mm-dd HH24:MI:SS TZR'And finally, here is the entry in the .sql file:
created TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONEAfter I try to load, I get greeted with the dreaded error message: Record 1: Rejected - Error on table WTPART, column CREATED. ORA-01843: not a valid month
I'm really confused as to why it's blowing up on the date, because it seems to me that "01" is indeed a valid date in terms of the date format I'm using. Any ideas? Thanks!
Edited by: Nick Tiberi on Jan 10, 2012 8:06 AM

Hmmm, not sure exactly what the problem is. It works fine for me on my XE instance.
Set up the control and data files....
tubby@Tubbz:~/test$ cat >> WTPart.csv <<EOF
2012-01-09 16:28:12 -05:00
EOF
tubby@Tubbz:~/test$
tubby@Tubbz:~/test$ cat >> load.ctl <<EOF
LOAD DATA
INFILE WTPart.csv
APPEND INTO TABLE WTPart
FIELDS TERMINATED BY '|' OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
TRAILING NULLCOLS
created TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE 'yyyy-mm-dd HH24:MI:SS TZR'
EOF
tubby@Tubbz:~/test$
tubby@Tubbz:~/test$ /usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server/bin/sqlldr tubby/pswd@xe control=load.ctl
SQL*Loader: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Tue Jan 10 10:21:28 2012
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Commit point reached - logical record count 1
tubby@Tubbz:~/test$
{code}
Query the result from the database
{code}
ME_XE?select * from wtpart;
CREATED
09-JAN-12 04.28.12.000000 PM -05:00
1 row selected.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.01
ME_XE?
ME_XE?select * from v$version;
BANNER
Oracle Database 10g Express Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Product
PL/SQL Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
CORE 10.2.0.1.0 Production
TNS for Linux: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
5 rows selected.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.01
ME_XE?
{code}
Are you sure your CSV file doesn't have some "funky" data in it?

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