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Ron,
Yes, just yesterday. I was loading a file in a database that had a Y/N =
flag
field. The column defaulted to Y, not null, with a check constraint =
of Y
or N. When I loaded the data using SQL Loader, the field had nothing =
in it
(a null). It received a "cannot load null field into a not null =
column"
error. I had also thought that the column would default to Y. Got =
around
it by rebuilding the SQL Loader input file and putting a Y in that =
field.
Bob VanderMey
Oracle DBA
Works.com
847 573-2687
bvandermey_at_works.com
565 Lakeview Parkway, Suite 250
Vernon Hills, IL 60061
http://www.works.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Rogers [mailto:RROGERS_at_galottery.org]
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 1:35 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: Sql loader and column defaults.
List,
I have a question on the SQL loader and column defaults of a table. =
Oracle
7.3.4.0.1 running on a Dell box with Novell os. The default for the =
numeric
columns =3D 0 and the data is loaded using SQL loader 7.3.4.0.1. If the =
data
source file contains blanks between the comma delimiters, the load =
fails
with invalid expression errors. If the data source does not contain =
anything
between the comma delimiters the load succeeds but nothing is entered =
into
the column with the default=3D0.
Using SQL and the insert command, if the column is not called in the =
command
then a zero is inserted into the column. If the column is called and no
value placed between the commas in the values clause, the command =
replies
with a missing expression response.
I thought that the default clause on a column would work even with SQL
Loader in case the source data did not contain data in all of the =
proper
columns defined in the control file.
Anyone else experience this behavior?=20
ROR =AA=BF=AA
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Author: Ron Rogers
INET: RROGERS_at_galottery.org
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