what documentation has your programmer been reading?
as far as I know you can't add a column on the fly through a sqlloader
control file, nor will oracle do an update to existing data.
I'm not an expert, but I've never been able to do that
- YTTRI Lisa <lisa.yttri_at_cnh.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone -
>
> I need some help. We have an application running on 8.0.5 on NT. My
> programmer tells me that she should be able to add columns to a table
> simply
> by changing the sql loader control file definition of the input. I
> have
> looked through the documentation and tried several tests, but I can't
> see
> any way that this would work.
>
> Is this actually possible with SQL Loader?
>
> Also, she tells me that if a record exists in the table and she has
> the same
> record (key value only) in the input file, that SQL Loader should
> update the
> record with any changed field values. Is there a special keyword to
> do this
> - I can't seem to find anything on that either?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.
>
> Lisa
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