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SQL loader Variable length field was truncated [message #74759] Sun, 13 February 2005 17:59 Go to next message
Thomas
Messages: 67
Registered: September 1999
Member
I try to upload raw data into table

However, the first two characters in a row are truncated and there is warning "Variable length field was truncated".
I would like to know how to resolve this problem.
Thanks

Here is my control file details:
load data
infile 'D:data.dat'
replace
into table APR_MAS_L
fields terminated by ',' optionally enclosed by '"'
trailing nullcols
( intext VARCHAR(2000)
)
Re: SQL loader Variable length field was truncated [message #74760 is a reply to message #74759] Sun, 13 February 2005 18:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
M. Forouzangohar
Messages: 2
Registered: February 2005
Junior Member
i use sql loader oracle 10g for a big string of numeric characters(or whatever) ,works as below:
load data
infile 'D:data.dat'
replace
into table APR_MAS_L
fields terminated by ',' optionally enclosed by '"'
trailing nullcols
( intext
)
and my data is like: "0,102,3,4,2,12,3,0,1,11,1,0,...."
if your Memo or text contains NewLine embedded ,the story differs.

Good Luck
icon9.gif  Re: SQL loader Variable length field was truncated [message #110884 is a reply to message #74759] Thu, 10 March 2005 16:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
ayang_ca
Messages: 2
Registered: March 2005
Junior Member
Hi,

I'm also experiencing this problem using SQL*Loader: Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production

Here is my control file (it's actually split into separate control and data files, but the result is the same)

--------------------
LOAD DATA
INFILE *
APPEND INTO TABLE test
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
(
first_id,
second_id,
third_id,
language_code,
display_text VARCHAR(2000)
)
begindata
2,1,1,"eng","Type of Investment Account"
-----------------------------------------

The TEST table is defined as:

Name Null? Type
-------------------- -------- --------------
FIRST_ID NOT NULL NUMBER(4)
SECOND_ID NOT NULL NUMBER(4)
THIRD_ID NOT NULL NUMBER(4)
LANGUAGE_CODE NOT NULL CHAR(3)
DISPLAY_TEXT VARCHAR2(2000)
QUESTION_BLOB BLOB

The log file displays:

Record 1: Warning on table "USER"."TEST", column DISPLAY_TEXT
Variable length field was truncated.

And the results of the insert are:

FIRST_ID SECOND_ID THIRD_ID LANGUAGE_CODE DISPLAY_TEXT
-------- --------- -------- ------------- ------------
2 1 1 eng ype of Investment Account"

The language_code field is imported correctly, but display_text keeps the closing delimiter, and loses the first character of the string.

I've also tried the following:
---------------------------------------
LOAD DATA
INFILE *
APPEND INTO TABLE bsst221
FIELDS TERMINATED BY '|'
(
first_id,
second_id,
third_id,
language_code,
display_text VARCHAR(2000)
)
begindata
2|1|1|eng|Type of Investment Account
----------------------------------------
In this case, display_text is imported as:

pe of Investment Account

Am I missing something totally obvious in my control and data files? I can't believe that SQL*Loader would have such a glaring problem with delimiters.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

icon7.gif  Re: SQL loader Variable length field was truncated [message #110979 is a reply to message #74759] Fri, 11 March 2005 11:46 Go to previous message
ayang_ca
Messages: 2
Registered: March 2005
Junior Member
I got a response to this in the OTN forums:

http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jsp?forum=75&thread=293680&tstart=0&trange=15

The solution was to specify the input field as CHAR instead of VARCHAR:

LOAD DATA
INFILE *
APPEND INTO TABLE test
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
(
first_id,
second_id,
third_id,
language_code,
display_text CHAR(2000) <----- CHANGED THIS
)
begindata
2,1,1,"eng","Type of Investment Account"

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