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How to load substr via sql loader [message #196485]

Thu, 05 October 2006 09:43

catpurr
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Registered: November 2005

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I need to load flat file via SQL loader. while loading data, I need to load extra column from a existing column substr. How can I sepecify this in control file?

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Re: How to load substr via sql loader [message #196519 is a reply to message #196485]

Thu, 05 October 2006 13:18

joy_division
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Registered: February 2005
Location: East Coast USA

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newcolname "substr(:othercolname,1,4)"

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Re: How to load substr via sql loader [message #199584 is a reply to message #196485]

Wed, 25 October 2006 03:37

frank.svs
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Registered: February 2006

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The control file with functions would look like below :

load data infile 'data.csv'
append into table sample
fields terminated by ","
(
id,
name "substr(:name,1,3)",
sal
)

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