SQLLDR using Direct=True with Multiple Physical Records
- From: "Mason, Tara" <Tara.Mason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:55:34 -0600
I need to move data from a production table to the test table. I would
like to use sqlldr with DIRECT=TRUE. The problem I have is there are
multiple physical records on the file for one row on the table. To
retrieve the data from the production side I execute the following SQL
statement: SELECT COL1 || ','|| COL2 || ',' ||, etc. There are many
varchar columns on this table; therefore, the number of physical lines
can vary. The following are some scenarios I have tried along with the
results:
* Added an "*" to the first position and tried using the
"continueif this (1) = "*" " clause, but this seems to only work if
there are only 2 physical records per row.
* Tried selecting the varchar columns using the rpad function.
This allowed a consistent number of physical records. The problem came
when trying to run the sqlldr with direct=true utilizing the ltrim
function. In this old version of Oracle you cannot use SQL processing.
I received the SQL*Loader-417 error.
Do you have any suggestions on how to load this data using sqlldr with
direct=true?
This is in Oracle 8.0.5.0.0.
Thanks,
Tara Mason
Database Administrator
TARA.MASON@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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