Re: Sqlloader and Cron

General advise when running something in crontab.

Start the script with

. /etc/profile
. $HOME/.profile

Hope this helps
Regards
Gert

<jlshaw_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message news:7u5808$1lt$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> In article <37FA41F7.CB55B31F_at_sdsc.edu>,
> Bill West <bwest_at_sdsc.edu> wrote:
> > I have had a significant problem over the past
> year using sqlloader and
> > scheduling utilities like crontab on a unix
> platform and AT on the NT
> > platform. While it works reliabably for me from
> the command line my goal
> > is to use it to tranfer data overnight without
> operator intervention.
> > Running sqlldr as a cron job or an AT job
> produce very unreliable
> > results and these results are unacceptable for
> my application. Can
> > anyone suggest a third party bulk uploading
> utility tool of sufficient
> > quality that can be run with other services? If
> not is there a location
> > for documentation on the sqlloader utility? I
> haven't found much on the
> > Oracle web site.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help,
> >
> > Bill West
> >
> >
>
> I'm getting ready to try the same thing. What
> kind of unreliable results are you getting with
> sqlldr and cron?
>
> Jarred Shaw
> jshaw_at_seqtek.com
>
>
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Received on Fri Oct 15 1999 - 13:18:16 CDT