Trim Function in SQL Loader

Oracle version 10g
I have control file like below and would like to know is there a better way to declare trim function at the top level instead of specifying at field level. I want to remove leading or trailing spaces for the field.
LOAD DATA
INFILE *
TRUNCATE
INTO TABLE TMPTUPS_POD_DLY
ORD_NO POSITION(1:15) "TRIM(:ORD_NO)",
CUST_PO_NO POSITION(16:37) "TRIM(:CUST_PO_NO)",
SHP_NAME POSITION(38:72) "TRIM(:SHP_NAME)",
SHP_ADDR POSITION(73:102) "TRIM(:SHP_ADDR)",
SHP_CTY POSITION(103:132) "TRIM(:SHP_CTY)",
SHP_ST POSITION(133:134),
SHP_ZIP POSITION(135:144),
SHP_DT POSITION(145:154) DATE "YYYY-MM-DD",
TRCKNG_NO POSITION(155:184),
NOU POSITION(185:192) INTEGER EXTERNAL,
SHP_WGT POSITION(193:204) "TO_NUMBER(:SHP_WGT,'999999999999')/100",
POD_NAME POSITION(205:234) "TRIM(:POD_NAME)",
POD_DT POSITION(235:244) DATE "YYYY-MM-DD",
POD_TIME POSITION(245:252) DATE "HH:MI:SS",
AIR_BLL_PC POSITION(253:260) INTEGER EXTERNAL,
POD_STS_CD POSITION(261:262)
)

user13143312 wrote:
That's right. if I have 5 to 10 varchar2 columns I have to mention at the field level. Just like PRESERVE BLANKS or TRAILING NULLCOLS at the top level, I thought is there a way to trim all fields at the top level. I will continue to use at the field level. Thanks!http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14215/ldr_field_list.htm#i1007768
If you specify them as varchar2's the trailing blanks will be trimmed.
Also ... to remove the leading blanks.
Optional Enclosure Delimiters
Leading whitespace is also removed from a field when optional enclosure delimiters are specified but not present.
Whenever optional enclosure delimiters are specified, SQL*Loader scans forward, looking for the first enclosure delimiter. If an enclosure delimiter is not found, SQL*Loader skips over whitespace, eliminating it from the field. The first nonwhitespace character signals the start of the field. This situation is shown in Field 2 in Figure 9-6. (In Field 1 the whitespace is included because SQL*Loader found enclosure delimiters for the field.)
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create table xxx ( id number primary key, Fname varchar2(40), Lname varchar2(40), text varchar2(2000), value number(10,2));
create or replace trigger tg_xxx_i
before insert on xxx for each row
declare
lm number := 1;
ln number := 1;
lx varchar2(2000);
lmastert_id number;
begin
insert into masterT values (:new.id,:new.fname,:new.lname,:new.value);
lx := :new.text;
lm := instr(lx,'~',ln);
while lm > 0 loop
insert into detailT1 values (seqdetailT1.Nextval(),mastert_id,substr(lx,ln,lm-ln));
ln := lm + 1;
lm := instr(lx,'~',ln);
end loop;
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end;
ed
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But I'm not sure whether license is required for using it in business software developing.
Or is there any API that can provide similar functionality of Sql Loader?

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Hi,
I have to load data from a flat file, for some columns i need to use TRIM and DECODE functions.It is a pipe delimited file.
I get syntax errors (one is below) same error listed for TRIM.
SQL*Loader-350: Syntax error at line xx.
Expecting "," or ")", found "DECODE".
===========
,FINAL_BILL_DATE CHAR(30) "TRIM(:FINAL_BILL_DATE)"
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Can anyone please help.
Thanks
Cherrish

Hello Cherrish.
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Please mark the answer as helpful or answered if it is so. If not, provide additional details.
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Hi all, i need help loading some data in my table using sql loader. consider the following
CREATE TABLE er
a1 NUMBER,
a2 number,
a3 VARCHAR2(100),
a4 VARCHAR2(100),
a5 VARCHAR2(100),
a6 VARCHAR2(100),
a7 VARCHAR2(100),
a8 VARCHAR2(100)
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LOAD DATA
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APPEND
TRAILING NULLCOLS
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a2            POSITION(0022:0042)       "DECODE(SUBSTR(:a2,1,3),'***',NULL,:a2)"      ,
a3            POSITION(0043:0053)       ,
a4            POSITION(0054:0064)          ,
a5            POSITION(0065:0075)           ,
a6            POSITION(0076:0086)       ,
a7            POSITION(0087:0093)      "DECODE(SUBSTR(:a7,1,3),'***',NULL,:a7)"
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END;if you look at the data, some fields have a lot of * and some has af few such as ****. i want to load this data into a table and when a field contain all * as a value, i want to set it to null. if a field contain a * and alphanumeric then that value should be load as it is.
in the example above, ******************** should be set to null and **** should also be set to null. notice that there is a field with X. since this field contain alpha numeric, it should be loaded into the table as is. the only time field should be set to null is when the value contain all .
somebody in this forum suggest using decode but it looks like it is not working and i get error when it reads second field and try to insert into a2 number column.
is there any way to use regular expression to find out if a field contain all *. also i want to trim each field since they might contain leading spaces.
can some one help with this using the sqlloader ctl and data above?

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An example can be found here:
http://www.morganslibrary.org/reference/sqlloader.html
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