RE: SQL Loader Load Problem

From: Deshpande, Kirti <kirti.deshpande_at_verizon.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 20:46:55 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.003DF9B3.20011218202018@fatcity.com>

Ken,
If you are using 8i, then you can use the 'filler' fields. In this case the control file would look something like below(considering the fields are terminated by a comma and the table has columns a, b and c)

load data
   infile 'myfile'
   into table mytable
   fields terminated by ','
(a char,
  b char,

  f3 filler char, 
  f4 filler char, 
  f5 filler char, 
  f6 filler char,

  ....
  f42 filler char,
  c char
)

If you are not using 8i, then you can not avoid an intermediate table, or use OS level tools to chop off the unwanted fields.

HTH,

Kirti

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Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 4:15 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

I have an input file that is delimited and contains 43 fields of various widths. I need to load only 3 fields into a DB table of 3 columns. 2 of the fields are at the beginning of the record and 1 is the very last field in the record. How can I load only these 3 cols and ignore the other 40 cols I don't need without having to use an intermediate table?

Thanks,
Ken Janusz, CPIM
Database Conversion Lead
Sufficient System, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN

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