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That worked! Thanks all!
Ron Smith
Database Administration
rlsmith_at_kmg.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Karl Gruel [mailto:kgruel_at_Paradigm4.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 9:51 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: RE: SQL*Loader - Please Help!!!
SQL*Loader is trying to convert the spaces (assuming fixed position) to a date. Use the NULLIF operator. For example:
doe POSITION (1-8) DATE "YYYYMMDD" NULLIF (doe=" ")
-- Karl Gruel kgruel_at_paradigm4.comReceived on Tue Dec 19 2000 - 10:48:11 CST
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Smith, Ron L. [mailto:rlsmith_at_kmg.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 9:16 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: SQL*Loader - Please Help!!!
>
>
> I am trying to run SQL*Loader on 8.1.6 NT. One column in the
> table is a
> date format. In the SQL*Loader control file I defined the
> column as "DATE".
> However, the input file is blank in the date column. The
> column can be null
> according to the table structure. When I try to load the
> data I get an
> error message that says there is an invalid value for month
> in the date
> column. There is no format associated with the column and
> again, the date
> column is blank.
>
> Ron Smith
> Database Administration
> rlsmith_at_kmg.com
>
>
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> Author: Smith, Ron L.
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