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possible to use 'WHEN' in SQL Loader Control file to check for existing data in end table? [message #257062]

Tue, 07 August 2007 08:53

mariag
Messages: 1
Registered: August 2007
Location: UK

Junior Member

Hello

I was wondering if its possible to check for existing data in order to avoid duplicating it in the end table when using SQL Loader?

Here is my SQL Loader file:

LOAD DATA
INFILE 'iptvchannel.csv'
BADFILE 'iptvchannel.bad'
APPEND
INTO TABLE IPTVCHANNEL
fields terminated by X"09"
( ID,
EXTERNALNO,
TITLE,
AVAILABILITY "to_number(:availability)",
CALLLETTERS,
NAME,
lastupdated sysdate)

I wanted to use 'WHEN' to check to for existing data (identified by ID) so the data would not be entered again and thus making duplicates in the end table?

Is it possible or do I have to do it another way?

Thanks!

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Re: possible to use 'WHEN' in SQL Loader Control file to check for existing data in end table? [message #257075 is a reply to message #257062]

Tue, 07 August 2007 09:18

Michel Cadot
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Registered: March 2007
Location: Nanterre, France, http://...

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You can't in the control file but why not just using a unique key on the table then the duplicates will be rejected?

Regards
Michel

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Re: possible to use 'WHEN' in SQL Loader Control file to check for existing data in end table? [message #257076 is a reply to message #257062]

Tue, 07 August 2007 09:20

cbruhn2
Messages: 41
Registered: January 2007

Member

Hi Mariag,

as far as I know the when clause will only check on the data you provide in the load, not on data in the table.
If duplicates are note allowed you could consider having a unique index on one or more of the columns, so data wouldn't be loaded, if the record already existed.
Otherwise you could load data in another table and then use merge to load data into the real table

best regards
Carl Bruhn

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