Title: RE: sql*loader datatype question

Hi David,

Know what... I casted the phone number and that field works fine.  AFter dumping the data and looking at where it ended up I saw that I was cross-eyed and had my column numbers off by like 1 or 2.  This gets really tedious with 100+ fields and a record length of 1500.  MY BAD

Thanks everyone for your help.  However, I think I'm beyond help today (football on the brain)

Lisa

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    Lisa,

    Can you show us the control file and a couple of lines of sample data?  Are
    you sure you don't have an unprintable character before/after the phone
    number?  Is this occurring for all the phone numbers?

    David A. Barbour
    Oracle DBA, OCP
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    512-414-1002


                                                                                                                    
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    I'm hitting a wall here.  I'm trying to load data into a large table.  Two
    of the fields are phone numbers (10 digits).  The database field is defined
    as number(10).


    When I try to load these records, they err out with an error similar to
    below.





    Record 858:  Rejected - Error on table INV_OWNER.FPSITE, column
    FPS_AFFIL_LTD_PTS_FPS.
    ORA-01722: invalid number


    So I change the fields to character, get the data in and it truly is all
    10-digit numbers.  I'm wondering if I'm missing something in the format.
    The doco says that INTEGER EXTERNAL is to be used for "human readable"
    numbers, non-binary, when you want to specify the length.  The length I've
    chosen is correct.  I can even create a table with number(10) columns and
    insert the varchar(10) phone number data into it!


    What am I missing?  I really do not want to change all my number fields to
    character.  It would defeat the purpose. I have a feeling I'm missing some
    sort of conversion in SQL*Loader but I don't see it off the top of my head.


    Thanks in advance for any suggestions.


    Lisa Koivu
    wanna-be DBA Hand Holder (that's what I've been doing this morning with an
    ex-coworker) and DBA
    Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA


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