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Check your positioning.
David A. Barbour
Oracle DBA, OCP
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"Koivu, Lisa"
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08/30/2001 02:46
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ORACLE-L
Well noooooo.... it's fixed-length and I think I'd end up with a big jumble, wouldn't I? No delims in the file.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bala, Prakash [SMTP:prakash.bala_at_cingular.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 2:48 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: RE: sql*loader datatype question
Lisa,
Have you tried loading without specifying any datatype and length in
the
control file? Just a thought...
Prakash
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 1:33 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
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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