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Yup, looked at that too. Unfortunately the record is 1500 characters long. That's a lot to just eyeball.
Thanks
-----Original Message-----
From: Igor Neyman [SMTP:ineyman_at_perceptron.com] Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 2:31 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: Re: sql*loader datatype question
Lisa,
Try to specify 'BADFILE' when using SQL*LOADER, should help you to find bad record.
From FM:
When SQL*Loader executes, it can create a file called a bad file or reject file in which it places records that were rejected because of formatting errors or because they caused Oracle errors. If you have specified that a bad file is to be created, the following applies:
if one or more records are rejected, the bad file is logged.
Igor Neyman, OCP DBA
Perceptron, Inc.
(734)414-4627
ineyman_at_perceptron.com <mailto:ineyman_at_perceptron.com>
I'm hitting a wall here. I'm trying to load data into a large table. Two of the fields are phone numbers (10 digits). The database field is defined as number(10).
When I try to load these records, they err out with an error similar to below.
Record 858: Rejected - Error on table INV_OWNER.FPSITE, column FPS_AFFIL_LTD_PTS_FPS. ORA-01722: invalid number
So I change the fields to character, get the data in and it truly is all 10-digit numbers. I'm wondering if I'm missing something in the format. The doco says that INTEGER EXTERNAL is to be used for "human readable" numbers, non-binary, when you want to specify the length. The length I've chosen is correct. I can even create a table with number(10) columns and insert the varchar(10) phone number data into it!
What am I missing? I really do not want to change all my number fields to character. It would defeat the purpose. I have a feeling I'm missing some sort of conversion in SQL*Loader but I don't see it off the top of my head.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Lisa Koivu
wanna-be DBA Hand Holder (that's what I've been doing this morning with an ex-coworker) and DBA
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA
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