Re: Loading dBaseIV using the SQL*Loader?

In article <a3q1aucch07db4vgfamjh6t64k415l0h14_at_4ax.com>, Georg says...
>
>Hallo everyone,
>I have to load dBase IV files into Oracle8i. Is this possible with the
>SQL*Loader? I tried to delete the header-informations and described in
>the ctl-file the positions of each column. The first row was read
>without any problems, but after this the loader stops.
>The log-file says nothing about an error, only that one row was
>successfully read.
>
>Thanks for trying to understand what I wrote and answering
>
>Georg
>

Take a peek at:

http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/ask/f?p=4950:8:::::F4950_P8_DISPLAYID:711825134415

for a PLSQL based approach. sqlldr does not (any longer) support dbase files.

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