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Creating tab-delimited txt file using sqlplus

From: Tina Ridgley <tlridgley_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 10:25:45 -0700 (PDT)
Message-Id: <10634.118251@fatcity.com>


All,

I am attempting to create a tab delimited txt file of data using sqlplus. I am able to generate the file but am not able to get sqlldr to load the file.

My table looks like this:

SQL> desc prov;

 Name                            Null?    Type
 ------------------------------- -------- ----
 PID                                      NUMBER
 PROVIDERNAME                             VARCHAR2(55)
 STREETADDRESS1                           VARCHAR2(55)
 STREETADDRESS2                           VARCHAR2(55)
 CITY                                     VARCHAR2(25)
 COUNTY                                   VARCHAR2(25)
 STATEPROVINCE                            VARCHAR2(25)
 COUNTRY                                  VARCHAR2(25)
 ZIPCODE                                  VARCHAR2(25)
 PHONE1                                   VARCHAR2(25)
 PHONE2                                   VARCHAR2(25)
 FAX                                      VARCHAR2(25)
 CELLPHONE                                VARCHAR2(25)
 PAGER                                    VARCHAR2(25)
 URL                                     
VARCHAR2(125)
 ICONID                                   NUMBER
 TYPEID                                   NUMBER
 LATITUDE                                 NUMBER
 LONGITUDE                                NUMBER
 GEOCODEQUALITY                           VARCHAR2(25)
 PROVIDERTYPE                             VARCHAR2(20)
 F9                                       VARCHAR2(55)
 LAST_NAME                                VARCHAR2(50)
 FIRST_NAME                               VARCHAR2(50)
 YP_CODE                                  NUMBER
 PRIMARY_SIC                              NUMBER(6)
 FRANCHISE_CODE                           VARCHAR2(7)
 INDUSTRY_CODE                            CHAR(1)
 ABI_NUMBER                               NUMBER(9)
 SIC_TEXT                                 VARCHAR2(50)
 FRANCHISE_TEXT                           VARCHAR2(40)
 INDUSTRY_TEXT                            VARCHAR2(40)

SQL> spool off;

My script to create the data file looks like this:

SET PAGESIZE 0
SET LINESIZE 256
SET PAUSE off
SET HEADING off
SET FEEDBACK off   

SPOOL providers.lis
SELECT
pid||chr(9)||providername||chr(9)||streetaddress1||chr(9)||streetaddress2||chr(9)||city||chr(9)||county||chr(9)||stateprovince||chr(9)||country||chr(9)||zipcode||chr(9)||phone1||chr(9)||phone2||chr(9)||fax||chr(9)||cellphone||chr(9)||pager||chr(9)||url||chr(9)||iconid||chr(9)||typeid||chr(9)||latitude||chr(9)||longitude||chr(9)||geocodequality||chr(9)||providertype||chr(9)||f9||chr(9)||last_name||chr(9)||first_name||chr(9)||yp_code||chr(9)||primary_sic||chr(9)||franchise_code||chr(9)||industry_code||chr(9)||abi_number||chr(9)||sic_text||chr(9)||franchise_text||chr(9)||industry_text||chr(13) FROM providers where rownum <= 150;

My sqlldr ctl file looks like this:

LOAD DATA
INFILE 'providers.lis'
INTO TABLE PROV
FIELDS TERMINATED BY X'9'
TRAILING NULLCOLS
( PID ,
    PROVIDERNAME,
    StreetAddress1,
    StreetAddress2,
    City,
    County,
    StateProvince,
    Country,
    Zipcode,
    Phone1,
    Phone2,
    Fax,
    CellPhone,
    Pager,
    URL,
    IconID,
    TypeID,
    Latitude,
    Longitude,
    GeocodeQuality,
    ProviderType,
    F9,
    Last_name,
    First_name,
    Yp_code,
    Primary_sic,
    franchise_code,
    industry_code,
    abi_number,
    sic_text,
    franchise_text,
    industry_text
)

All rows are being rejected. The message sqlldr generates is:

Record 1: Rejected - Error on table PROV. ORA-01401: inserted value too large for column

I'm not seeing the problem. Anyone have any suggestions on what might be wrong?

Thanks in advance,

Tina


Received on Fri Sep 29 2000 - 12:25:45 CDT

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