> > > Hello all,
> > > I am desperately trying to load timestamp data into
> > > Oracle 8i Rel. 8.1.6 under Linux Red Hat 6.1.
> > > The timestamp field has the following format :
> > > dd-mon-yyyy hh:mi:ss
> > > example :
> > > 12-DEC-1999 12:14:54
> > > I tried to specify the field in the control file as
> > > both CHAR and DATE with various format with no success.
> > > When I take the time part of the date off I can successfully
> > > load into the DB.
> > > Any suggestion ?.
> > > Thanks in advance
> > > Marco Mapelli
> > Please check in the Oracle Server Utilites command you can specify a mask
> > with the date datatype in sql*loader
> > Hth,
> > Sybrand Bakker
> > Senior Oracle DBA
> Marco, please post the sqlldr control statements along with one line
> of data so that we can see what you are doing and perhaps someone will
> spot the problem and point it out.
> -- Mark D Powell --
I changes the date mask as suggested by Sybrand to DD-MON-YYYY HH24:MI:SS
in control file and I finally succedded.
Thanks again and regards
Marco Mapelli