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All,
I am attempting to create a tab delimited txt file of data using sqlplus. I am able to generate the file but am not able to get sqlldr to load the file.
My table looks like this:
SQL> desc prov;
Name Null? Type ------------------------------- -------- ---- PID NUMBER PROVIDERNAME VARCHAR2(55) STREETADDRESS1 VARCHAR2(55) STREETADDRESS2 VARCHAR2(55) CITY VARCHAR2(25) COUNTY VARCHAR2(25) STATEPROVINCE VARCHAR2(25) COUNTRY VARCHAR2(25) ZIPCODE VARCHAR2(25) PHONE1 VARCHAR2(25) PHONE2 VARCHAR2(25) FAX VARCHAR2(25) CELLPHONE VARCHAR2(25) PAGER VARCHAR2(25) URL VARCHAR2(125) ICONID NUMBER TYPEID NUMBER LATITUDE NUMBER LONGITUDE NUMBER GEOCODEQUALITY VARCHAR2(25) PROVIDERTYPE VARCHAR2(20) F9 VARCHAR2(55) LAST_NAME VARCHAR2(50) FIRST_NAME VARCHAR2(50) YP_CODE NUMBER PRIMARY_SIC NUMBER(6) FRANCHISE_CODE VARCHAR2(7) INDUSTRY_CODE CHAR(1) ABI_NUMBER NUMBER(9) SIC_TEXT VARCHAR2(50) FRANCHISE_TEXT VARCHAR2(40) INDUSTRY_TEXT VARCHAR2(40)
SQL> spool off;
My script to create the data file looks like this:
SET PAGESIZE 0
SET LINESIZE 256
SET PAUSE off
SET HEADING off
SET FEEDBACK off
SPOOL providers.lis
SELECT
pid||chr(9)||providername||chr(9)||streetaddress1||chr(9)||streetaddress2||chr(9)||city||chr(9)||county||chr(9)||stateprovince||chr(9)||country||chr(9)||zipcode||chr(9)||phone1||chr(9)||phone2||chr(9)||fax||chr(9)||cellphone||chr(9)||pager||chr(9)||url||chr(9)||iconid||chr(9)||typeid||chr(9)||latitude||chr(9)||longitude||chr(9)||geocodequality||chr(9)||providertype||chr(9)||f9||chr(9)||last_name||chr(9)||first_name||chr(9)||yp_code||chr(9)||primary_sic||chr(9)||franchise_code||chr(9)||industry_code||chr(9)||abi_number||chr(9)||sic_text||chr(9)||franchise_text||chr(9)||industry_text||chr(13)
FROM providers where rownum <= 150;
My sqlldr ctl file looks like this:
LOAD DATA
INFILE 'providers.lis'
INTO TABLE PROV
FIELDS TERMINATED BY X'9'
TRAILING NULLCOLS
( PID ,
PROVIDERNAME,
StreetAddress1,
StreetAddress2,
City,
County,
StateProvince,
Country,
Zipcode,
Phone1,
Phone2,
Fax,
CellPhone,
Pager,
URL,
IconID,
TypeID,
Latitude,
Longitude,
GeocodeQuality,
ProviderType,
F9,
Last_name,
First_name,
Yp_code,
Primary_sic,
franchise_code,
industry_code,
abi_number,
sic_text,
franchise_text,
industry_text
)
All rows are being rejected. The message sqlldr generates is:
Record 1: Rejected - Error on table PROV. ORA-01401: inserted value too large for column
I'm not seeing the problem. Anyone have any suggestions on what might be wrong?
Thanks in advance,
Tina
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