Re: SQLLDR - special chars in password

>sqlload control=SAMPLE.CTL, userid=${ORAUSER}/${ORAPSWD}

I guess the comma between SAMPLE.CTL and userid is just a typo? I don't recall it belongs there. Maybe you could specify the userid in the control file itself, or use a here-document:

    sqlload control=SAMPLE.CTL userid=${ORAUSER}<<EOF     ${ORAPSWD}
    EOF Arjan. Received on Thu Sep 24 1998 - 12:23:35 CDT