embedded newlines & sqlldr

From: <tornabene_at_my-deja.com>
Date: Sun, 04 Jul 1999 03:32:26 GMT
Message-ID: <7lmkka$jd6$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

Hi all,

I'm importing data from a Solid database to an Oracle 8.1.5 database running on Solaris.

A lot of my varchar data has embedded returns in the data. I cannot simply get rid of the embedded returns because it contains formatting information that I need.

The sqlldr utility thinks that the embedded returns signify the end of the record and dies on those records, because it then thinks the new line is the beginning of a new record, which is obviously wrong.

Is there any way to escape embedded returns in varchars so the loader doesn't think it's at the end of the record? Can I force it to count columns before it looks for a new record (all columns are present in every row).

Thanks a lot!

Catherine

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