Variable length field exceeds maximum length

Question

Hi All,
I am trying to load some signature ascii data from load file. so i wrote the code like below in my controal file to load that to database. For SIGN_IMAGE in oracle db it was mentioned as RAW(2000). The below is worked fine when i tried in window and oracle 8i environment.
SIG_TYPE POSITION(23:23) CHAR,
SIGN_IMAGE POSITION(24:1977) VARRAW(2000)
NULLIF SIGN_IMAGE=BLANKS,
SIGN_IMAGE1 POSITION(1978:3930) VARRAW(2000)
     NULLIF SIGN_IMAGE1=BLANKS
But when i ported the same thing to solaris and oracle 10g environment. The below code is giving error when SQL Loder loading.
The error is like : Variable length field exceeds maximum length.
But here i am giving a lenght of 1954 only with including 2 bytes length of the string.
Could any one tell me what is exactly the problem? i am not able sort out the issue.
Thanks,
Shashi

Answer 1

Hi,
I am getting the error in environment Oracle 10.2.0 and SunOS 5.10. This case was executed fine in Oracle 8.1 and windows xp professional. Please find the details below.
LOG file :
Column Name Position Len Term Encl Datatype
TRANS_NO 1:15 15 CHARACTER
TDR_ID 16:18 3 CHARACTER
DVCE_TYPE 19:20 2 CHARACTER
CAP_CD 21:22 2 CHARACTER
SIG_TYPE 23:23 1 CHARACTER
SIGN_IMAGE 24:1977 2002 VARRAW
NULL if SIGN_IMAGE = BLANKS
SIGN_IMAGE1 1978:3930 2002 VARRAW
NULL if SIGN_IMAGE1 = BLANKS
SIGN_IMAGE2 3931:5883 2002 VARRAW
NULL if SIGN_IMAGE2 = BLANKS
SIGN_IMAGE3 5884 2002 VARRAW
NULL if SIGN_IMAGE3 = BLANKS
value used for ROWS parameter changed from 64 to 31
Record 1: Rejected - Error on table SIGSCH.SIGNATURE, column SIGN_IMAGE.
Variable length field exceeds maximum length.
Record 2: Rejected - Error on table SIGSCH.SIGNATURE, column SIGN_IMAGE.
Variable length field exceeds maximum length.
Record 3: Rejected - Error on table SIGSCH.SIGNATURE, column SIGN_IMAGE.
Variable length field exceeds maximum length.
Record 4: Rejected - Error on table SIGSCH.SIGNATURE, column SIGN_IMAGE.
Variable length field exceeds maximum length.
Controal file :
LOAD DATA
INFILE 'sigc.sig'
BADFILE 'load_7.bad'
DISCARDFILE 'load_7.dis'
APPEND
INTO TABLE sigsch.signature
TRANS_NO POSITION(1:15) CHAR,
TDR_ID POSITION(16:18) INTEGER EXTERNAL,
DVCE_TYPE POSITION(19:20) CHAR,
CAP_CD POSITION(21:22) CHAR,
SIG_TYPE POSITION(23:23) CHAR,
SIGN_IMAGE POSITION(24:1977) VARRAW(2000)
NULLIF SIGN_IMAGE=BLANKS,
SIGN_IMAGE1 POSITION(1978:3930) VARRAW(2000)
NULLIF SIGN_IMAGE1=BLANKS,
SIGN_IMAGE2 POSITION(3931:5883) VARRAW(2000)
NULLIF SIGN_IMAGE2=BLANKS,
SIGN_IMAGE3 POSITION(5884) VARRAW(2000)
NULLIF SIGN_IMAGE3=BLANKS
DATA line
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