Re: sqlload Problem

In article <378d1474.95303622_at_news.albany.net>,

        mloeffler_at_teletrade.com (Michael J. Loeffler) writes:
> Hi -
> I am having a problem with SQLLOAD. The problem I am having DID NOT
> occur in Oracle v7.0, but is happening on Oracle v8.0.5
>
> I use sqlload to load in flat files from our system (fixed format),
> and many of these files contain binary data, or rather native data
> types intrinsic to the system. For example, one field is a word sized
> integer.

  Handling of binary data (at least JPEGs) by SQL*Loader in 8.0.5.1.1 is indeed broken, at least on Digital UNIX.   

  I have a procedure which works fine with 7.3.4.3, but with 8.0.5.1.1 dumps core.

  Called Support, and they confirmed that it is a bug. Sigh.

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