RE: SQL*Loader Question

I’ve tried that, too. I get the same error.

I’m wondering if somehow I’ve run into a bug.

What’s confusing is that I’ve done exactly the same thing on another 19.9 database without any issues as late as last week. That’s where I copied it from.

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Scott,

  Perhaps the double quotes need to be around the word "NULL" instead? I think you still want single-quotes around the date mask.

Jay

On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 9:55 AM Scott Canaan <srcdco_at_rit.edu<mailto:srcdco_at_rit.edu>> wrote: 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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