Try using in the control file:
NULLIF MY_COLUMN=BLANKS
eg:
MY_COLUMN POSITION(24:535) CHAR NULLIF
MY_COLUMN=BLANKS
HTH
Witold
On 2 Apr 2001, at 10:50, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> When using direct path loads, is it possible to have sql*loader insert a
> default value in place of NULL for blank entries? For conventional path loads
> I can use the "nvl" function in my control file, but that unfortunately
> doesn't work with direct path.
>
> Thoughts?
>
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