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I've created a control file and I've replaced all chr(13) and chr(10) with a '][' in the data portion. I've modified the control file to try and import this way but get the following error. The tables contain several chr(13)||chr(10) which get replaced fine in the begindata ( portion but can import. ;
SQL*Loader-350: Syntax error at line 12.
Expecting "," or ")", found "(".
, replace(ADDRESS1,'][',chr(13))||chr(10)
David Knollhoff
My control file looks like;
UNRECOVERABLE
LOAD DATA
INFILE *
INTO TABLE address
REPLACE
FIELDS TERMINATED BY '|' TRAILING NULLCOLS
(
LLSID
, COUNTER
, ADDRESSTYPE
, COUNTRYID
, replace(ADDRESS1,'][',chr(13))||chr(10)
, replace(ADDRESS2,'][',chr(13))||chr(10)
, replace(ADDRESS3,'][',chr(13))||chr(10)
, replace(ADDRESS4,'][',chr(13))||chr(10)
, replace(CITY,'][',chr(13))||chr(10)
, replace(DESCRIPTION,'][',chr(13))||chr(10)
, replace(POSTALCODE,'][',chr(13))||chr(10)
, PRIMARY
, replace(ZIP4,'][',chr(13))||chr(10)
, replace(STATEORPROVINCE,'][',chr(13))||chr(10)
, replace(LASTCHANGEDBY,'][',chr(13))||chr(10)
, LASTCHANGEDDATE date "DD-MON-YY:HH24MISS"
, replace(BILLNAME,'][',chr(13))||chr(10)
, BADADDRESS
, replace(BILLATTENTION,'][',chr(13))||chr(10)
, OMITFROMMAILINGS
, replace(BILLFORMATID,'][',chr(13))||chr(10)
, NUMBEROFCOPIES
, replace(PICARDUSERNAME,'][',chr(13))||chr(10)
)
BEGINDATA
4|1|H|262|245 Union Ave. #1082||||Campbell||95008|P||CA|RUTHANNE|01-JUL- 00:152324||F||F||| 5|1|H|262|P.O.Box 22265||||San Francisco||94122|P||CA|RUTHANNE|01-JUL- 00:161347||F||F||| 6|1|H|262|314 Watson Street||||Monterey||93940|P||CA|RUTHANNE|01-JUL- 00:155337||F||F|||
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Received on Fri Jan 19 2001 - 20:16:02 CST