Re: SQL*LOADER problem

[Satish Iyer]

Thanks Diana for letting me know about the replace function. A little more research and my problem was solved.         Satish Iyer DBA CCSS Team 684-3016 >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/30/01 07:50PM >>> Satish, You can do a couple of things...in the query you could to a replace(column1, chr(10), '~') (or some other unlikely character or string), then do a replace again in the SQL*Loader script to get the carriage returns back in there.  Or you could use the query to put a character in the front of each true record, something like select '#' || col1, col2, col3, .... and then use the SQL*Loader commands for concatenating records.  Can't remember offhand how that one works, though... HTH, Diana Duncan TITAN Technology Partners One Copley Parkway, Ste 540 Morrisville, NC  27560 VM: 919.466.7337 x 316 F: 919.466.7427 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED]                                                                                                                                               "Satish Iyer"                                                                                                             <[EMAIL PROTECTED]        To:     Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>                           tle.wa.us>                  cc:                                                                                           Sent by:                    Fax to:                                                                                       [EMAIL PROTECTED]            Subject:     SQL*LOADER problem                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   05/30/2001 08:05 PM                                                                                                       Please respond to                                                                                                         ORACLE-L                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Hi everyone. Having this typical problem with sql*loader. I am extracting data out from a table and this table has a field in which users have put in a new line feed character.  Now when I extract the data out using SQL*PLUS it obviously has a problem eg. 1   First line of stt   2333232      Second line 2    Full line           2323232 3   Again a partial  2323232      line. Now if such a table was extracted to a txt file,  the sqlldr runs into a problem of getting the second half of the line as expected. Any ideas how this could be avoided ? Hope I explained that okay. Satish Iyer DBA CCSS Team 684-3016 -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author:   INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services    -- (858) 538-5051  FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California        -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from).  You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).