I am not sure if it helps, but I would use: - FIELDS TERMINATED BY '|' OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"' - COMMENTS position(n:n+2000) where n=the offset of the first character of the field COMMENTS including delimiters - ROW_POCESSED SEQUENCE(MAX,1)
inka -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 12:19 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi All, Oracle 8.1.6 WinNT I have been trying to use sqlldr and I am getting following error Record 1: Rejected - Error on table "INTERVIEW", column COMMENTS. end of logical record found when reading length of varying length field Here is sample record and control file. Any ideas why I get this error. MetaLink says TRAILING NULLCOLS should correct. The field it is complaining is second to last field in input file. 37901|01/01/1970 04:59:10||LDMARCHI||||||||||| LOAD DATA INFILE 'd:\oracle\admin\tmwktst3\scripts\BDUMPI2.txt' BADFILE 'd:\oracle\admin\tmwktst3\scripts\INTERVIEW.bad' insert INTO TABLE INTERVIEW FIELDS TERMINATED BY '|' TRAILING NULLCOLS (PROFILE_NO, INTERVIEW_DATE DATE 'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS', FU_DATE DATE 'MM/DD/YYYY', OPERATOR CHAR, SOURCE CHAR, APPEARANCE CHAR, FAMILY CHAR, LANGUAGE_SKILLS CHAR, CAREER_PLANS CHAR, MALPRACTICE_HIS CHAR, ECONOMICS1 CHAR, ECONOMICS2 CHAR, MET_WITH CHAR, COMMENTS varchar(4000) "SUBSTR(:COMMENTS,1,2000)", ROW_PROCESSED) -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Inka Bezdziecka INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).
