SQL*Loader Question
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2021 13:55:17 +0000
Message-ID: <937cf654c7c44d08a8e73de49b4b759a_at_ex04test91a.ad.rit.edu>
I am trying to load data extracted from a SQL Server database. In the SQL Server, all fields are defined as varchar(50), even if they are dates or numbers. In the Oracle database, I have created the table with the appropriate data types. The problem I'm having is with the date fields. If they are null, then the word NULL is in the field in the extract (a .csv file).
I've run into this before and I had no problem using the following in the SQL*Loader control file:
leavingdate 'mm/dd/yyyy' nullif leavingdate = 'NULL',
When I try this on the extract file, I get:
SQL*Loader-308: Optional SQL string of column PROGRAM_EFFECTIVE_DATE must be in double quotes.
If I put double quotes around the mm/dd/yyyy, I get:
SQL*Loader-350: Syntax error at line 22.
Expecting "," or ")", found keyword nullif.
leavingdate "mm/dd/yyy" nullif leavingdate = 'NULL',
^
This is Oracle 19.9.
What am I doing wrong?
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