Unicode File not returning expected fields

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We are running Oracle 11.2.0.1.0 in Windows 2008 R2.
I need to read / load an UNICODE text file - using an External Table. For some reason the table is omitting the null columns and rearranging the columns - placing all the data without nulls next to each other, but keeping the column names in the same order. The Unicode delimeted text file is used because of the multibyte characters that we need to load (Mandrin to be specific).
The control file looks like this:
CREATE TABLE EIGER_STG.HM_CUSTOMERS_CNCAR_E_UNI
COMPANY_ID NVARCHAR2(512),
CUSTOMER_NUMBER NVARCHAR2(512),
SHORT_NAME NVARCHAR2(512),
STATUS NVARCHAR2(512),
DESC_STATUS NVARCHAR2(512),
CURRENCY NVARCHAR2(512),
LANGUAGE NVARCHAR2(512),
DESC_LANGUAGE NVARCHAR2(512)
ORGANIZATION EXTERNAL
( TYPE ORACLE_LOADER
DEFAULT DIRECTORY FILE_LOCATION_CNCAR_FOR_JDE
ACCESS PARAMETERS
( RECORDS DELIMITED BY NEWLINE
CHARACTERSET UTF16
DATA IS LITTLE ENDIAN
BYTEORDERMARK CHECK
STRING SIZES ARE IN CHARACTERS
BADFILE FILE_LOCATION_CNCAR_FOR_JDE: 'BAD_CUSTOMERS_CNCAR_E_UNI.txt'
NODISCARDFILE
LOGFILE FILE_LOCATION_CNCAR_FOR_JDE: 'LOG_CUSTOMERS_CNCAR_E_UNI.txt'
FIELDS
TERMINATED BY '\t'
OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"' AND '"'
MISSING FIELD VALUES ARE NULL
"COMPANY_ID" CHAR(255) DEFAULTIF "COMPANY_ID"=BLANKS,
"CUSTOMER_NUMBER" CHAR(255) DEFAULTIF "CUSTOMER_NUMBER"=BLANKS,
"SHORT_NAME" CHAR(255) DEFAULTIF "SHORT_NAME"=BLANKS,
"STATUS" CHAR(255) DEFAULTIF "STATUS"=BLANKS,
"DESC_STATUS" CHAR(255) DEFAULTIF "DESC_STATUS"=BLANKS,
"CURRENCY" CHAR(255) DEFAULTIF "CURRENCY"=BLANKS,
"LANGUAGE" CHAR(255) NULLIF "LANGUAGE"=BLANKS , -- ... DEFAULTIF here gives the same result...
"DESC_LANGUAGE" CHAR(255) DEFAULTIF "DESC_LANGUAGE"=BLANKS
LOCATION (FILE_LOCATION_CNCAR_FOR_JDE:'CUSTOMERS_CNCAR_E.txt')
REJECT LIMIT UNLIMITED
NOPARALLEL
The query restuns:
Company ID     Customer Number     Short Name     Status     Desc Status     Currency     Language     Desc Language
88     10980005     Baker Hughes Incorporated(USA)     2     ina     USD     A     KG01
88     10980006     Brunner & Lay Inc.(USA)     2     ina     USD     KG01     End Users
88     10980009     Delta-Building(RUSSIA)     2     ina     EUR     KG01     End Users
The last two columns should be blank / NULL...but it contains data from the next column in the file that are not null.
The PRESERVE BLANKS option causes and error:
KUP-01005: syntax error: found "identifier": expecting one of: "comma, date_format, defaultif, enclosed, ltrim, lrtrim, ldrtrim, notrim, nullif, optionally, ), rtrim, terminated"
KUP-01008: the bad identifier was: PRESERVE
Could someone please tell me what is wrong with the control file?
Thanks,
Regards
Steven

Sigh.
I transposed the values and string. Lord help me. It would NEVER work the other way.
Thanks for the gentle reminder to actually read the parameters and the resources. This implementation, however, is fairly straightforward and works well, minus this little inconvenience.
Thanks again!

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Get-CIVApp : 1/9/2015 7:09:59 PM    Get-CIVApp        CIVApp with name 'new_vApp' was not found using the specified filter(s).
At C:\Users\me\Desktop\Programming_SP15.ps1:152 char:10
+             $vApp=Get-CIVApp -Name $vAppName -OrgVdc $vDC -ErrorAction:Stop
+                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (:) [Get-CIVApp], VimException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_OutputHelper_WriteNotFoundError,VMware.VimAutomation.Cloud.Commands.Cmdlets.GetCIVApp

Out of interest. what get return if you add $vApp to a single line on it's own below the if statement.
Also if ($vApp) { should work the same as if ($vApp -eq $null) {

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I am using RoboHelp 9 and was performing my search on published WebHelp.
In the Help there is a topic named "Port and Path Connection States" which references a status of "port not started".
When I search for "port not started" (with quotes) the topic is returned.
When I search for "port not started" (without quotes), I get this message: "The words you typed is not a valid expression.".
I thought this search would be treated as an OR search, and I would get results for all topics that contained the word "port" or "not" or "started", but instead the expression is not valid. Can anyone tell me why?

Check your list of Stop words. It may include NOT.
See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips
@petergrainge

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My first attempt at REGEXP_LIKE and I'm obviously missing something. I've tried several suggestions I found in the forum but cannot get the correct results. I need the following query to return only those rows containing only alphabetic characters (no numbers). What I get are rows containing letters and numbers.
Any help will be greatly appreciated!
Randy
SELECT order_number
FROM order_table
where REGEXP_LIKE(order_number,'[a-z A-Z]')

check below the various options which you can use to search different elements
Character Class   Syntax Meaning
[:alnum:]             All alphanumeric characters
[:alpha:]              All alphabetic characters
[:blank:]              All blank space characters
[:cntrl:]                All control characters (nonprinting)
[:digit:]                All numeric digits
[:graph:]             All [:punct:], [:upper:], [:lower:], and [:digit:] characters
[:lower:]              All lowercase alphabetic characters
[:print:]               All printable characters
[:punct:]              All punctuation characters
[:space:]             All space characters (nonprinting)
[:upper:]             All uppercase alphabetic characters
[:xdigit:]              All valid hexadecimal characters

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I am getting some unexpected results in SmartView and can't figure out the cause. I have an Essbase cube that has two alias tables: the "default" and one that I call "Short Descr". I can consistently bring back data using "none" and "default", but not "Short Descr". When I use "Short Descr" data will come back for some of the members, but not for others.
Here is an example of a query using "none" as the alias table:
     Net Income
     RD10078
     Y-T-D(MAR)
PRJG939306      20,372.05
PRJLG921508      (26.42)
Project      (1,179,752.36)
If I change the alias table to "Short Descr", I get the following results:
     Net Income
     ITA (RD10078)
     Y-T-D(MAR)
PRJG939306 (PRJG939306)      20,372.05
PRJLG921508 (PRJLG921508)      (26.42)
Project      (1,179,752.36)
But then if I just clear the amounts, and do a refresh, I get the following:
     Net Income
     ITA (RD10078)
     Y-T-D(MAR)
PRJG939306 (PRJG939306)
PRJLG921508 (PRJLG921508)      (26.42)
Project      (1,179,752.36)
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          ITA (RD10078)
          Y-T-D(MAR)
Net Income      PRJLG921508 (PRJLG921508)      (26.42)
Net Income      Project      (1,179,752.36)
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What could cause this type of behavior?

lets see if I can say this clearly. Smartview will noit convert from one alias to another. Before switching alias tables, try changing back to no alias and do a retrieve, then switch to the new alias table and retrieve. I think the problem is Smartview is not interpeting what is on the one line so it leave it blank as an unknown member.

Error 7: File not found occurs in 8.2 from transition of 4.1. Specifying the file in file dialog returns error although file is in the directory.

Copied a program from 4.1 to 8.2 recently and receive an error 7: File not found at open file+.vi. The program is built so a file dialog will pop up and ask for the destination of the file. Eventhough there is a file in the specified directory, an error is returned. Running open file+.vi by itself returns no error with the same file designation. Any clues?

noviceak,
Welcome to the NI Discussion Forums.
I created a quick VI in LabVIEW 4.1 that displays a file dialog and then passes that file path to "Read Characters from File.vi" (which in turn calls Open File+.vi). I then opened this file in LabVIEW 8.2 and ran it successfully (see code screenshot below).
When you say there is a file in the specified directory are you using the file dialog to browse to the directory or to select the specific file? Open File+.vi expects the path to a file rather than a directory - that is C:\folder\file.txt rather than C:\folder. You might also want to create an indicator or probe to see what path is being passed to Open File+ to ensure it is what you expect.
I feel like I should also say that in the days (years) inbetween LabVIEW 4.1 and 8.2 the file operation VIs have changed significantly. While the old Open File+.vi still lives in vi.lib for compatibility purposes we no longer recommend using it for new applications.
I hope this helps and again, welcome to the community.
Regards,
Simon H
Applications Engineer
National Instruments
http://www.ni.com/support/
Message Edited by Simon H on 01-18-2007 08:01 PM
Message Edited by Simon H on 01-18-2007 08:03 PM
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