Re: sql*loader datatype question

2001-09-02 Thread Jared Still
Lisa, A suggestion, and I hope it's not too late. :) Change the datatype to varchar2. Phone numbers are not actually numbers, they're character fields. My rule of thumb is: if you don't do math on it, it isn't a number. Jared On Thursday 30 August 2001 10:33, Koivu, Lisa wrote: I'm

RE: sql*loader datatype question

2001-08-31 Thread Koivu, Lisa
Title: RE: sql*loader datatype question Hi David, Know what... I casted the phone number and that field works fine. AFter dumping the data and looking at where it ended up I saw that I was cross-eyed and had my column numbers off by like 1 or 2. This gets really tedious with 100+ fields

Re: sql*loader datatype question

2001-08-30 Thread JOE TESTA
Lisa, in the modeling world, unless you are performing a calculation(like on phone number), i've always been told to make them character. joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/30/01 01:33PM I'm hitting a wall here. I'm trying to load data into a large table. Two of the fields are phone numbers (10

Re: sql*loader datatype question

2001-08-30 Thread Igor Neyman
Title: sql*loader datatype question Lisa, Try to specify 'BADFILE' when using SQL*LOADER, should help you to find bad record. From FM: When SQL*Loader executes, it can create a file called a bad file or reject file in which it places records that were rejected because of formatting errors

RE: sql*loader datatype question

2001-08-30 Thread Koivu, Lisa
Title: RE: sql*loader datatype question Yup, looked at that too. Unfortunately the record is 1500 characters long. That's a lot to just eyeball. Thanks -Original Message- From: Igor Neyman [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 2:31 PM To: Multiple recipients

RE: sql*loader datatype question

2001-08-30 Thread JOE TESTA
:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 2:31 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: sql*loader datatype question Lisa, Try to specify 'BADFILE' when using SQL*LOADER, should help you to find bad record. From FM: When SQL*Loader executes, it can

Re: sql*loader datatype question

2001-08-30 Thread Ron Rogers
Lisa, Is the field you are attempting to load the last field in the string? is the delimited in place? The reason being is the EXTERNAL INTEGER data might be interpreted at char including the space at the end of the string. That has bit me before and now all non-numbers are enclosed in quotes.

RE: sql*loader datatype question

2001-08-30 Thread Bala, Prakash
Lisa, Have you tried loading without specifying any datatype and length in the control file? Just a thought... Prakash -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 1:33 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I'm hitting a wall here. I'm trying to load data into a large

Re: sql*loader datatype question

2001-08-30 Thread DBarbour
Lisa, Can you show us the control file and a couple of lines of sample data? Are you sure you don't have an unprintable character before/after the phone number? Is this occurring for all the phone numbers? David A. Barbour Oracle DBA, OCP AISD 512-414-1002

RE: sql*loader datatype question

2001-08-30 Thread Koivu, Lisa
Title: RE: sql*loader datatype question Well noo it's fixed-length and I think I'd end up with a big jumble, wouldn't I? No delims in the file. -Original Message- From: Bala, Prakash [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 2:48 PM To: Multiple recipients

RE: sql*loader datatype question

2001-08-30 Thread Koivu, Lisa
Title: RE: sql*loader datatype question Good explanation but no it's not -Original Message- From: Ron Rogers [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 2:48 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: sql*loader datatype question Lisa, Is the field

RE: sql*loader datatype question

2001-08-30 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: Re: sql*loader datatype question Lisa, in the modeling world, unless you are performing a calculation(like on phone number), i've always been told to make them character. joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/30/01 01:33PM I'm hitting a wall here

RE: sql*loader datatype question

2001-08-30 Thread Henry Poras
Anyway, what if you need to add some non-domestic phone numbers? Henry -Original Message-From: Mercadante, Thomas F [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 3:46 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: RE: sql*loader datatype question I agree

RE: sql*loader datatype question

2001-08-30 Thread Weaver, Walt
Title: RE: sql*loader datatype question Lisa, A .bad file with the offending record should have been created when sqlloader abended. Even at 1500 characters you should be able to eyeball the single bad record in a good editor and figure out what values are in the phone number part

RE: sql*loader datatype question

2001-08-30 Thread DBarbour
in the file. -Original Message- From: Bala, Prakash [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 2:48 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject:RE: sql*loader datatype question Lisa, Have you tried loading without specifying