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Old October 25th, 2004, 04:57 AM
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Exclamation SQL LOADER-check for null
I have table

t(col1, col2,col3)

col2 may or may not contain values....based on which i have to insert.if i give an extra tabspace(if its null) in dat file col3
value gets inserted in col2.
how do i do it.My control file looks like

load data
infile x.dat
replace
into table t

fields terminated by X'9' optionally enclosed by '"' trailing nullcols
(col1 decimal external,
col2 char,
col3 decimal external)
i cant use filler.what r the the other options...

thanks in advance
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try this

load data
infile x.dat
replace
into table t (field1 POSITION(a:b), POSITION(c:d),....)

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Originally Posted by ushaiyer
I have table

t(col1, col2,col3)

col2 may or may not contain values....based on which i have to insert.if i give an extra tabspace(if its null) in dat file col3
value gets inserted in col2.
how do i do it.My control file looks like

load data
infile x.dat
replace
into table t

fields terminated by X'9' optionally enclosed by '"' trailing nullcols
(col1 decimal external,
col2 char,
col3 decimal external)
i cant use filler.what r the the other options...

thanks in advance
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Old October 25th, 2004, 06:11 AM
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load data
infile x.dat
replace
into table t (field1 POSITION(a:b),field2 POSITION(c:d)....)

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Originally Posted by ushaiyer
I have table

t(col1, col2,col3)

col2 may or may not contain values....based on which i have to insert.if i give an extra tabspace(if its null) in dat file col3
value gets inserted in col2.
how do i do it.My control file looks like

load data
infile x.dat
replace
into table t

fields terminated by X'9' optionally enclosed by '"' trailing nullcols
(col1 decimal external,
col2 char,
col3 decimal external)
i cant use filler.what r the the other options...

thanks in advance
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Old October 25th, 2004, 06:43 AM
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Sql Loader
thank you...

but then i can't use position(a:b) as my .dat is of variable length.....

i am new to sql loader....

could u plz guide me reg this?
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load data
infile x.dat
replace
into table t (field1 POSITION(a:b),field2 POSITION(c:d)....)



This link may help
http://zuse.esnig.cifom.ch/database/doc_oracle/Oracle901_Linux/server.901/a90192/ch10.htm
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