Re: sqlldr flaking out on ZONED and DECIMAL data

From: Mike Moore <hicamel_at_mail.home.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 02:07:22 GMT
Message-ID: <uzes6.39447$zV3.2901525_at_news1.frmt1.sfba.home.com>


Yes, I think that you are right about big-endian and other differences, this is why I wanted to know exactly
what values, (and in what bytes) sqlldr is expecting to find. That way, I could see if the problem is
that my data is wrongly structured, or if my errors are due to improper specification in my control file.

Oracle documentation does not tell what sqlldr thinks constitutes a valid ZONED or DECIMAL
number.

thanks for your reply

Mike

Andrew Hardy <nobody_at_spam.from.news.AdvanticaTech.com> wrote in message news:98q0ci$4q5$1_at_sun-cc204.lut.ac.uk...
> Zoned is of the form:
> value POSITION(n) ZONED(precision, scale),
>
> Decimal is of the form:
> value POSITION(n) DECIMAL (precision, scale)
>
> but... I don't think that ZONED or DECIMAL are portable datatypes i.e. you
> may have problems taking them from one platform to another due to little
 and
> big-endian differences.
>
> Andy
>
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