SQL*Loader Is Failing To Load Data Properly (bad or incorrect data in columns)

(Doc ID 1968480.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 06, 2015

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 9.2.0.1 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Problem Summary
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SQL*Loader is loading data incorrectly

Problem Description
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In this case, we were using either INTEGER or FLOAT the numeric data loaded using SQL*Loader. But,

this could happen with any data type.  The data seen in the table after load was being changed to a

different format or corrupting the data.



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Cause

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