RE: How to load text file into database table

2002-09-20 Thread Viral Desai 

Dennis,

Absolutely, I agree. Perl is very handy and easy to learn..., You could use 
awk also on unix, pretty nifty stuff...

To answer to your situation where the REASON line could be more than 
one/two/three or n lines- Yes, you could use CONTINUEIF.

It provides a comparison operators (= and !=) in each physical line to look 
for certain tokens in certain positions. You can look/peek at current, 
previous or next physical lines before deciding break of lof=gical record, 
while loading Pretty cool stuff.

I think you can load any free-format as long as you can define logical 
record by some rule. Again, not to discount your suggestion, there are many 
ways, I just thought passing my idea.

Cheers,
Viral.


>From: DENNIS WILLIAMS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: How to load text file into database table
>Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 12:05:43 -0800
>
>Viral - I'm glad that someone a lot more familiar than I with SQL*Loader
>replied, and hopefully that will handle David's problem. I'm just curious
>about one thing, having encountered this sort of thing before. Can
>SQL*Loader handle the situation where some lines may not be present? For
>example, suppose the REASON line is sometimes two or three lines. When I've
>had situations like this, I've often seen a variable number of lines. That
>is why I suggested Perl, which can easily handle this sort of thing. Of
>course, Perl is so handy that I think every DBA should learn it, for tasks
>just like this.
>
> 
>Dennis Williams
>DBA
>Lifetouch, Inc.
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>
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>
>Oracle sql*loader has many many features...at two of them are applicable in
>your specific case.
>
>You could use CONCATENATE or CONTINUEIF clauses of control file. These
>clauses help you wherever you have multiple physical records form one
>logical record.
>
>Cheers
>Viral Desai.
>
>
>
> >From: DENNIS WILLIAMS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> >Subject: RE: How to load text file into database table
> >Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 08:53:34 -0800
> >
> >David - If the file is in just the format you show, my first impulse 
>would
> >be to use the perl script language to get it into a form that sqlldr 
>could
> >easily read. Perl is available on all platforms, including Windows. If 
>you
> >get ambitious, Perl can even directly insert the values into Oracle. 
>Jared
> >Still, the manager of this list has just published a book on that aspect.
> >
> >http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=0E2CIPD0
>W
> >9&isbn=0596002106
> >
> > 
> >Dennis Williams
> >DBA
> >Lifetouch, Inc.
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> >
> >
> >I have a text file and need to load it into database table using sqlldr
> >utility.  Is there a way to load a text file? I know how to load csv file
> >but not text file.
> >
> >*** Below is text file format.
> >
> >Date: Wed Aug 29 10:43:53 CDT 2001
> >Name: Paris By Night
> >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Phone: 202-333-
> >Location: Washington, DC
> >Equipment needing to access: EMS, , , , ,
> >Reason: Not working
> >
> >I want to above data into useraccount table which has following columns.
> >
> >date
> >username
> >email
> >phone
> >location
> >equipment
> >reason
> >
> >Thanks in advance,
> >David
> >
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Re: How to load text file into database table

2002-09-20 Thread Chaim . Katz 


David,
I don't know sqlldr that well,  but a possible quick and dirty solution -
is to load the text file into a one column oracle table, and then in a
subsequent step, use SQL to move the data to the proper columns of the
proper Oracle table. The ctl file from the first step would be something
like this:
1)
LOAD DATA
INFILE useraccnt.txt
APPEND
concatentate 7
INTO TABLE temp
(txt char(2000)
)

In the second step you could use a bunch of substr and instr to find the
column data, or use PL/SQL to loop through the text , or you could use   a
function in the owa_pattern package

Chaim




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I have a text file and need to load it into database table using sqlldr
utility.  Is there a way to load a text file? I know how to load csv file
but not text file.

*** Below is text file format.

Date: Wed Aug 29 10:43:53 CDT 2001
Name: Paris By Night
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Phone: 202-333-
Location: Washington, DC
Equipment needing to access: EMS, , , , ,
Reason: Not working

I want to above data into useraccount table which has following columns.

date
username
email
phone
location
equipment
reason

Thanks in advance,
David

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RE: How to load text file into database table

2002-09-20 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS 

Viral - I'm glad that someone a lot more familiar than I with SQL*Loader
replied, and hopefully that will handle David's problem. I'm just curious
about one thing, having encountered this sort of thing before. Can
SQL*Loader handle the situation where some lines may not be present? For
example, suppose the REASON line is sometimes two or three lines. When I've
had situations like this, I've often seen a variable number of lines. That
is why I suggested Perl, which can easily handle this sort of thing. Of
course, Perl is so handy that I think every DBA should learn it, for tasks
just like this.

 
Dennis Williams
DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 


-Original Message-
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 2:44 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L


Oracle sql*loader has many many features...at two of them are applicable in 
your specific case.

You could use CONCATENATE or CONTINUEIF clauses of control file. These 
clauses help you wherever you have multiple physical records form one 
logical record.

Cheers
Viral Desai.



>From: DENNIS WILLIAMS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: How to load text file into database table
>Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 08:53:34 -0800
>
>David - If the file is in just the format you show, my first impulse would
>be to use the perl script language to get it into a form that sqlldr could
>easily read. Perl is available on all platforms, including Windows. If you
>get ambitious, Perl can even directly insert the values into Oracle. Jared
>Still, the manager of this list has just published a book on that aspect.
>
>http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=0E2CIPD0
W
>9&isbn=0596002106
>
> 
>Dennis Williams
>DBA
>Lifetouch, Inc.
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
>-Original Message-
>Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 10:54 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
>I have a text file and need to load it into database table using sqlldr
>utility.  Is there a way to load a text file? I know how to load csv file
>but not text file.
>
>*** Below is text file format.
>
>Date: Wed Aug 29 10:43:53 CDT 2001
>Name: Paris By Night
>Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Phone: 202-333-
>Location: Washington, DC
>Equipment needing to access: EMS, , , , ,
>Reason: Not working
>
>I want to above data into useraccount table which has following columns.
>
>date
>username
>email
>phone
>location
>equipment
>reason
>
>Thanks in advance,
>David
>
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RE: How to load text file into database table

2002-09-20 Thread Viral Desai 

Oracle sql*loader has many many features...at two of them are applicable in 
your specific case.

You could use CONCATENATE or CONTINUEIF clauses of control file. These 
clauses help you wherever you have multiple physical records form one 
logical record.

Cheers
Viral Desai.



>From: DENNIS WILLIAMS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: How to load text file into database table
>Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 08:53:34 -0800
>
>David - If the file is in just the format you show, my first impulse would
>be to use the perl script language to get it into a form that sqlldr could
>easily read. Perl is available on all platforms, including Windows. If you
>get ambitious, Perl can even directly insert the values into Oracle. Jared
>Still, the manager of this list has just published a book on that aspect.
>
>http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=0E2CIPD0W
>9&isbn=0596002106
>
> 
>Dennis Williams
>DBA
>Lifetouch, Inc.
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
>-Original Message-
>Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 10:54 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
>I have a text file and need to load it into database table using sqlldr
>utility.  Is there a way to load a text file? I know how to load csv file
>but not text file.
>
>*** Below is text file format.
>
>Date: Wed Aug 29 10:43:53 CDT 2001
>Name: Paris By Night
>Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Phone: 202-333-
>Location: Washington, DC
>Equipment needing to access: EMS, , , , ,
>Reason: Not working
>
>I want to above data into useraccount table which has following columns.
>
>date
>username
>email
>phone
>location
>equipment
>reason
>
>Thanks in advance,
>David
>
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RE: How to load text file into database table

2002-09-20 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS 

David - If the file is in just the format you show, my first impulse would
be to use the perl script language to get it into a form that sqlldr could
easily read. Perl is available on all platforms, including Windows. If you
get ambitious, Perl can even directly insert the values into Oracle. Jared
Still, the manager of this list has just published a book on that aspect.

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=0E2CIPD0W
9&isbn=0596002106

 
Dennis Williams
DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]  


-Original Message-
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 10:54 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L


I have a text file and need to load it into database table using sqlldr
utility.  Is there a way to load a text file? I know how to load csv file
but not text file.

*** Below is text file format.

Date: Wed Aug 29 10:43:53 CDT 2001 
Name: Paris By Night
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Phone: 202-333-
Location: Washington, DC
Equipment needing to access: EMS, , , , , 
Reason: Not working

I want to above data into useraccount table which has following columns.

date
username
email
phone
location
equipment
reason

Thanks in advance,
David

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