Re: SQL*Loader

Put this or something like this in your control file. It does not have to be fixed width

   date_field (xxx:yyy) date "YYMMDD"

In article <3699BE49.90E3FA9C_at_digest.com.pl>, gold_at_digest.com.pl says...
> > Hello,
> >
> > In my database which I must load into Oracle dates are stored as
> > compressed to 4-byte 6-digit numeric fields.
> > Is it possible to tell SQL*Loader, that "this field is decimal packed
> > and represents date in format YYDDMM" ?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Grzegorz Goldian, gold_at_digest.com.pl, Grzegorz_Goldian_at_readersdigest.com
>
>
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> Hello,
>
> In my database which I must load into Oracle dates are stored as
> compressed to 4-byte 6-digit numeric fields.
> Is it possible to tell SQL*Loader, that "this field is decimal packed
> and represents date in format YYDDMM" ?
>
> thanks,
>
> Grzegorz Goldian, gold_at_digest.com.pl, Grzegorz_Goldian_at_readersdigest.com
>
>
>
>
Received on Mon Jan 11 1999 - 12:16:36 CST