Listers, I have got a number of tables with long columns in them. The text is free-format and contains carriage returns. Some long columns may be empty and others will have varying lengths of data (typical call-centre operator input scenario) there is no end of record marker that is common between columns. I need to extract each record and load it via sqlldr into another system. I could extract using field1||chr(126)||field2||chr(126) etc 126 being the ~ character but that does not get around the chr(015) CR issue.
I understand sqlldr has issues with CR and I have tried various ways of resolving this problem. I cannot pre-process the records and remove the CR character because of the volume of data and the lack of time involved. I have looked at the stream record format option in my control file and I fail to get this tro work as it seems to hang the session every time I call it. I also suspect that it defines a common end of record marker and as I do not have one I would have to massage the data which is not a route I can go down. PS This is Tru64 and 8.1.7 but I think it is a general issue and not specific to any version of Oracle or o/s Furthermore it appears that using stream record format parameter reduces performance which is a key requirement for us. The questions are 1) How have other people managed with carriage returns in long columns (I suspect a CR in a varchar2 field will be a problem as well)? 2) Is the stream record format the way I want to go (I suspect not) 3) Has anybody any better ideas TIA John -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).
