HI Ken,
Two ideas
1.Have you tried using a default value on the column?
2.Load the data and then go back and do a mass update.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I need to load a constant date into a column (01/01/2002) and I need to use
>direct path loading. I tried:
>
>creation_date "to_date('01/01/2002','dd/mm/yyyy')",
>
>SQL*Loader-417: SQL string (on column CREATION_DATE) not allowed in direct
>path.
>
>This works with conventional path load. I have tried using constant and it
>gives me an error.
>
>How do I get around this?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Ken Janusz, CPIM
>Database Conversion Lead
>Sufficient System, Inc.
>Minneapolis, MN
>
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