david wendelken wrote: > LOAD DATA > INFILE '1244.csv' > BADFILE '1244.bad' > DISCARDFILE '1244.dsc' > APPEND > INTO TABLE ltest REPLACE > FIELDS TERMINATED BY "," OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"' TRAILING NULLCOLS > (DATACALL INTEGER(2) > ,QUESTIONID INTEGER(10) > ,ORGID INTEGER(10) > ,ANSWER01 VARCHAR > ,ANSWER02 VARCHAR > ) Off the top of my head (not having used sqlldr in a while, is "VARCHAR" even valid? Maybe try it with "CHAR" instead, or omit the datatypes altogether. -- Bricklen Anderson, Database Administrator PresiNET Systems http://www.PresiNET.com Online Demo: https://www.presinet.com/secure/login _______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail may be privileged and/or confidential, and the sender does not waive any related rights and obligations. Any distribution, use or copying of this e-mail or the information it contains by other than the intended recipient is unauthorized. If you have received this e-mail in error, please advise me (by return e-mail or otherwise) immediately. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------