Re: Sql*Loader

From: Oweson Flynn <Oweson.Flynn_at_liberty.co.za>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 15:44:17 +0200
Message-Id: <10758.127886@fatcity.com>

What about something like this (in your control file) :

DummyDate           varchar2(01:09),
UserName              varchar2(10:17),
BirthDate                date(18:21) "TO_DATE( :DummyDate || :BirthDate,

'RRRR-MM-DD HH24:MI' )" I can't test it here at work, but it might prompt some ideas ...

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Oweson Flynn

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From: "Johan Locke_at_i-Commerce Services" <Johan.Locke_at_za.didata.com> To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 1:16 PM Subject: Sql*Loader

> Hi
>
> I've got the following entries in a sql*Loader import file
> ---------------------
> 2000-02-25JOHN 0608
> 2000-02-28PETE 0718
> ---------------------
> 123456789012345678901
>
> Char 1 to 9 and 18 to 21 make up the date and time, ie '2000-02-25 06:08'
> ('RRRR-MM-DD HH24:MI')
>
> I need to import this information into a table with two columns,
"USERNAME"
> (1st) & "BIRTHDATE" (2nd), but I'm struggeling using Sql*Loader to
> concatenate the two fieds.
>
> create table USER_BIRTHDATES
> (USERNAME varchar2(20),
> BDATE date);
>
> Any ideas.
>
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