There is no virus... its from a secure site. The output file looks fine if I
view it in an HTML viewer and closer if its in a .doc. I can post it
tomorrow as a text attachment. It wont show up right if I send it in another
environment. Hope noone gets upset with that.
"Paul Brewer" <paul_at_paul.brewers.org.uk> wrote in message
news:3c9e43e2_1_at_mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com...
> "Ryan Gaffuri" <rkg100_at_erols.com> wrote in message
> news:a7l412$oap$1_at_bob.news.rcn.net...
> > Nope its strictly done off of an NT box. I ran the whole thing right on
an
> > NT server. Why does the discard file and bad file format properly? Id
> really
> > rather my client not have to worry about the format of the log file.
> Giving
> > them a VI emulator in windows is not an option. I dont have access to
> their
> > boxes to set it up myself. I have to give them installation
instructions.
> I
> > would not want to talk them through this... even if it is simple to
> install.
> >
> > Let me reiterate. I run the sqlloader on my NT server which has my
Oracle
> 8i
> > database on it. I get a log file which the format is screwed up in both
> > textpad and word and I get a discard and bad file where the format is
> fine.
> >
> > Im looking for a real simple solution that I can provide to my client.
It
> > does not look good if your client gets something that looks sloppy.
> >
> I'm totally baffled. I've used SQL*Loader on various OS's, including NT,
for
> may years and never seen anything like this. The log file is always a
plain
> text file, as far as I'm concerned. The bad file and discard files are
also
> plain text, in the exact format of the input file.
> Could you post the log file (or a section of it if there are
confidentiality
> issues)?
> This is a *very**very* long shot, and I hate to use the v-word, and I have
> no claim to being a virus expert, but I'm just wondering if there's
> something nasty somewhere doing something to any files with a .log
extension
> (quick empirical test here - use a different extension).
>
> Paul
>
>
>
>
>
Received on Sun Mar 24 2002 - 14:44:10 CST
