In response to the questions for more details, here are the PL/SQL code and
SQL Loader control file. Everything is varchar2(2), explicitly defined as
such in PL/SQL. Thanks for all the nice replies.
PL/SQL snippets
<...snip...>
marketingcode VARCHAR2(3);
<...snip...>
FILELOCATION := '/usr/users/madmload/text_files';
OPEN_MODE := 'r';
FILENAME := 'prodload.txt';
FILENBR := UTL_FILE.FOPEN (FILELOCATION , FILENAME, OPEN_MODE );
<...snip...>
UTL_FILE.GET_LINE (FILENBR, OUTPUTSTRING);
marketingcode := substr(outputstring, 21, 3);
<...snip...>
insert into JOBOFFERFACT_LOAD
(LIFETOUCHID, SOURCEFISCALYEAR, JOBNBR, PACKAGEID,
MARKETINGCODE,
TERRITORYCODE, PLANTRECEIPTDATE, SEASON, PACKAGENAME,
PACKAGEPRICE,
PAIDPACKAGEQTY, UNPAIDPACKAGEQTY, SHIPPEDPACKAGEQTY, CMSNTYPE,
PACKAGECMSNRATE, PACKAGETYPE, PACKAGECHARGEBACK,
PACKAGEPOINTS, PACKAGECODE, PACKAGECONFIG) VALUES
(LIFETOUCHID, CURRENTFY, JOBNBR, PKGID, MARKETINGCODE,
TERRITORYCODE, PLANTRECEIPTDATE, SEASON, PKGNAME, PACKAGEPRICE,
PAIDPACKAGES, UNPAIDPACKAGES, SHIPPEDPACKAGES, CMSNTYPE,
PACKAGECMSN, PACKAGETYPE, PACKAGECHARGEBACK,
PACKAGEPOINTS, PKGCODE, PKGCONFIG ) ;
============================================
Sql*Loader script
LOAD DATA
INFILE '/usr/users/madmload/joblid.txt'
BADFILE '/usr/users/madmload/jobload.bad'
APPEND
INTO TABLE JOBFACT
(
JOBNBR POSITION(1:10) CHAR,
LIFETOUCHID POSITION(11:20) INTEGER EXTERNAL,
MDRPRIMARYID POSITION(21:28) CHAR,
MARKETINGCODE POSITION(29:31) CHAR,
SUBPROGRAMCODE POSITION(32:32) CHAR,
TERRITORYCODE POSITION(33:34) CHAR,
SUBTERRITORYCODE POSITION(33:36) CHAR,
SELLINGMETHODCODE POSITION(37:37) CHAR,
BIDIND POSITION(38:38) CHAR,
PDKIND POSITION(39:39) CHAR,
PDKPARTNBR POSITION(40:44) CHAR,
RETAKEIND POSITION(45:45) CHAR,
PLANTCODE POSITION(46:46) CHAR,
PLANTRECEIPTDATE POSITION(47:56) DATE "YYYY/MM/DD" NULLIF
PLANTRECEIPTDA,
PLANTRECEIPTYEAR POSITION(47:50) INTEGER EXTERNAL,
PLANTRECEIPTMONTH POSITION(52:53) INTEGER EXTERNAL,
PHOTOGRAPHYDATE POSITION(57:66) DATE "YYYY/MM/DD" NULLIF
PHOTOGRAPHYDATE=BLANKS,
SHIPDATE POSITION(67:76) DATE "YYYY/MM/DD" NULLIF SHIPDATE=BLANKS,
SHOTQTY POSITION(77:80) INTEGER EXTERNAL,
SHIPPEDPACKAGEQTY POSITION(81:84) INTEGER EXTERNAL,
PAIDPACKAGEQTY POSITION(85:88) INTEGER EXTERNAL,
UNPAIDPACKAGEQTY POSITION(89:92) INTEGER EXTERNAL,
XNOPURCHASEQTY POSITION(93:96) INTEGER EXTERNAL,
CASHRECEIVEDAMT POSITION(97:105) DECIMAL EXTERNAL,
CASHRETAINEDAMT POSITION(106:114) DECIMAL EXTERNAL,
ACCTCMSNPAIDAMT POSITION(115:123) DECIMAL EXTERNAL,
ESTACCTCMSNAMT POSITION(124:132) DECIMAL EXTERNAL,
CHARGEBACKAMT POSITION(133:141) DECIMAL EXTERNAL,
SALESTAXAMT POSITION(142:150) DECIMAL EXTERNAL,
TERRITORYCMSNAMT POSITION(151:159) DECIMAL EXTERNAL,
TERRITORYEARNINGSAMT POSITION(160:168) DECIMAL EXTERNAL,
EXPECTEDCASHAMT POSITION(169:177) DECIMAL EXTERNAL,
SOURCEFISCALYEAR CONSTANT '2003',
PROOFPOSE POSITION(178:178) DECIMAL EXTERNAL,
PROOFCOUNT POSITION(179:182) DECIMAL EXTERNAL,
SEASONDESC POSITION(183:183) DECIMAL EXTERNAL,
EXTRACTDATE POSITION(184:193) DATE "YYYY/MM/DD" NULLIF
EXTRACTDATE=BLANKS,
FUNPACKJOB POSITION(194:194) CHAR,
CONNECTJOB POSITION(195:195) CHAR,
STICKYALBUMJOB POSITION(196:196) CHAR,
PAYSTATUS POSITION(197:197) CHAR,
ORIGINALDATERECEIVED POSITION(198:207) DATE "YYYY/MM/DD" NULLIF
ORIGINALDATERE,
CMSNSTATUS POSITION(208:208) CHAR
)
==================================================
All tables have the marketingcode field defined as varchar2(3) (none are
char(3))
Bruce
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