RE: nls_date_format problem in sqlldr

Hello Ruth

The answer is not to change the nls_date_format but to tell the loader the format you use for your date.
We use the following in our ctl files:   

"xx_xx_TAR_NECHONUT date(8) 'YYYYMMDD' , "

maybe you can use: my_date date(8) 'MMMDDYYYY' . (I did not check if it works).

Yechiel Adar, Mehish Computer Services
adary_at_mehish.co.il

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ruth Gramolini [SMTP:rgramolini_at_tax.state.vt.us]
> Sent: Thu, January 10, 2002 3:25 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: nls_date_format problem in sqlldr
>
> Good morning,
>
> We are having a problem load a file containing dates in MON DD YYYY format
> into a database having and nls_date_format=YYYYMMDD. Is there a way to do
> an alter session command in the control file or the parameter file to that
> we can load this data?
>
> We have had the production database down for 4 days with various problems
> and this is the last straw.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Ruth
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