Bob, Why not just use SQL*Loader to load the data?
It's much faster, and has the handy feature of saving rejected rows in a reject file. Jared "Bob Metelsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/16/2002 12:48 PM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject: Catching errors on inserts Oracle Water Walkers! I have a very large insert script that may contain data that is larger than the column, I need to be able to identify rows that fails with "Value too large for column" Im doing 10k inserts via insert into table (val1,val2,...) Is there a way to do this (trap bad rows) in SQL Plus? I don't see how but I figured I ask. The collective intelligence here is greater that I ... Many thanks You people on fatcity are awesome!! bob -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Bob Metelsky INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).