RE: SQL Loader and decimals

From: Gustavo Coria <gcoria_at_bcp.com.pe>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 12:24:04 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004260C1.20020312122404@fatcity.com>

Hi Witold :

        You should, to create an function "divide" : divide(12345/100) result = 123.45
In ControlFile you should include the following sentence :

LOAD DATA
TRUNCATE
PRESERVE BLANKS
INTO TABLE TABLENAME
(

FIELD1		POSITION (1:20) CHAR,
FIELD2		POSITION (21:21) DECIMAL EXTERNAL,
FIELD3		FILLER  POSITION (22:26) DECIMAL EXTERNAL,
FIELD4		"DIVIDE(:FIELD3)"

)

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 02:42 PM
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Hello

There are few numeric formats when you load data from a file. I am looking for a way, if possible, to load a number from a field that doesn't have the decimal point.
For example I may know that in my five-character field the first three characters always represent the most-significant digits and the last two are always the decimal values. Something like:

field 12345
would be loaded as 123.45

If, in data file, I have the value 123.45 I can use decimal external but wonder if I can avoid the decimal point in datafile. How can I define the field in control file?

Thanks

Witold

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Witold Iwaniec
Sr Software Developer
NovaLIS Technologies
wiwaniec_at_novalistech.com
http://www.novalistech.com

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