Re: SQL Loader Question

[Quoted] Thanks for the advice without the attitude...I'm just getting into db's and this stuff is a blast!!
"Daniel A. Morgan" <Daniel.Morgan_at_attws.com> wrote in message news:3B327F41.6A1DBCD7_at_attws.com...
> User6 wrote:
>
> > Newbie post....
> >
> > For SQLloader....what file type does the control file have to be....can
 I
> > make the control file in notepad and then name it with the right
> > extension....please help...thanks in advance
>
> ASCII. Any old text file created in notepad (Windows) or vi (UNIX) or any
> other text editor will do.
>
> And there is no "right" extension. Call the file anything you want. Then
> supply that file name to SQLLDR. You can even do it with no extension if
 you
> choose. The .ctl extension is pretty common but that is just a convention;
> nothing more.
>
> Daniel A. Morgan
>
Received on Sat Jul 21 2001 - 23:56:59 CEST