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CURRVAL, NEXTVAL NOT WORKING IN SQL*LOADER (Doc ID 1031704.6)

Last updated on DECEMBER 14, 2023

Applies to:

Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 7.0.16.0 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

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You are using Sql*Loader to load data into 2 tables simultaneously. The data consists of a header record followed by a detail record in a single data file. For example:

As you can see, the header records loaded with the correct ID, but the detail records all received the same ID.

Changes

 

Cause

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