Oracle E-Business Suite SQLLoader Basics

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SQLLoader Basics
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► About SQLLoader
► Data File
► SQLLoader Structure
► SQLLoader Registration as Concurrent Program
► Tools
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About SQL*Loader
► SQL LOADER is an Oracle utility used to load data into table given a datafile which has the
records that need to be loaded. SQL*Loader takes data file, as well as a control file, to
insert data into the table. When a Control file is executed, it can create Three (3) files
called log file, bad file or reject file, discard file.
► Log file tells you the state of the tables and indexes and the number of logical records
already read from the input datafile. This information can be used to resume the load
where it left off.
► Bad file or reject file gives you the records that were rejected because of formatting errors
or because they caused Oracle errors.
► Discard file specifies the records that do not meet any of the loading criteria like when any
of the WHEN clauses specified in the control file. These records differ from rejected records
►
About SQL*Loader
► SQL*Loader is a bulk loader utility used for moving data from external files
into the Oracle database.
► It is a software utility provided with in Oracle Database
Main Components to consider before
design the interface
► Data File
► File Format (CSV/DATA/….etc)
► Fixed Length /Variable Length
► DataTypes of each column, width
► Frequency (per hour, per week, per month etc..)
► Location of the file
► Database Table
Structure of Data File – Fixed Length
► The data file can be in fixed record format or variable record format.
► Fixed Record Format would look like the below. In this case you give a specific position where the
Control file can expect a data field:
7369 SMITH CLERK 7902 12/17/1980 800
7499 ALLEN SALESMAN 7698 2/20/1981 1600
7521 WARD SALESMAN 7698 2/22/1981 1250
7566 JONES MANAGER 7839 4/2/1981 2975
7654 MARTIN SALESMAN 7698 9/28/1981 1250
Structure of Data File –
Variable Length(Delimiter Based)
► Variable Record Format would like below where the data fields are separated by a
delimiter.
► Note: The Delimiter can be anything you like. In this case it is “|”
1196700|9|0|692.64
1378901|2|3900|488.62
1418700|2|2320|467.92
1418702|14|8740|4056.36
1499100|1|0|3.68
Structure of Control File
► Sample CTL file for loading a Variable record data file:
► LOAD DATA
► INFILE ‘$FILE’ — Specify the data file path and name
► APPEND – type of loading (INSERT, APPEND, REPLACE, TRUNCATE)
► INTO TABLE “APPS”.”GL_INTERFACE” – the table to be loaded into
► FIELDS TERMINATED BY ‘,’ – Specify the delimiter if variable format datafile
► OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY ‘”‘ –the values of the data fields may be enclosed in “
► TRAILING NULLCOLS – columns that are not present in the record treated
as null
(ITEM_NUMBER “TRIM(:ITEM_NUMBER)”, – Can use all SQL functions on columns

QTY DECIMAL EXTERNAL,
REVENUE DECIMAL EXTERNAL,
EXT_COST DECIMAL EXTERNAL TERMINATED BY WHITESPACE “(TRIM(:EXT_COST))” ,
MONTH “to_char(LAST_DAY(ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-1)),’DD-MON-YY’)” ,
DIVISION_CODE CONSTANT “AUD” – Can specify constant value instead of Getting value
from datafile
► LOADDATA statement is required at the beginning of the control file.
► INFILE: INFILE keyword is used to specify location of the datafile or datafiles.
► INFILE * specifies that the data is found in the control file and not in an external file.
► INFILE ‘$FILE’, can be used to send the filepath and filename as a parameter when
registered as a concurrent program.
► INFILE ‘/home/vision/xxltech/GLData.csv’ specifies the filepath and the filename.
SQLLoader –
Example where datafile is an external file:
LOADDATA statement is required at the beginning of the control file.
INFILE: INFILE keyword is used to specify location of the datafile or datafiles.

LOAD DATA
INFILE ‘/home/vision/kap/import2.csv’
INTO TABLE kap_emp
FIELDS TERMINATED BY “,”
( emp_num, emp_name, department_num, department_name )
SQLLoader –Sample1
Example where datafile is in the Control file:
LOAD DATA
INFILE *
INTO TABLE kap_emp
( emp_num, emp_name, deptno , deptname)
BEGINDATA
7369,SMITH,7902,Accounting
7499,ALLEN,7698,Sales
7521,WARD,7698,Accounting
SQLLoader
Example where file name and path is sent as a parameter when registered
as a concurrent program
LOAD DATA
INFILE ‘$FILE’
INTO TABLE kap_emp
( emp_num, emp_name, department_num, department_name )
SQLLoader - TYPE OF LOADING:
► INSERT — If the table you are loading is empty, INSERT can be used.
► APPEND — If data already exists in the table, SQL*Loader appends the new rows to it.
If data doesn’t already exist, the new rows are simply loaded.
SQLLoader - TYPE OF LOADING:
► REPLACE — All rows in the table are deleted and the new data is loaded
► TRUNCATE — SQL*Loader uses the SQL TRUNCATE command
► INTOTABLEis required to identify the table to be loaded into.

► FIELDS TERMINATED BY specifies how the data fields are terminated in the datafile.(If
the file is Comma delimited or Pipe delimited etc)
SQLLoader
► OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY ‘”‘ specifies that data fields may also be enclosed by quotation marks.
► TRAILINGNULLCOLS clause tells SQL*Loader to treat any relatively positioned columns that are not
present in the record as null columns.
► You can skip columns using the ‘FILLER’ option.
Load Data
–
–
–
TRAILING NULLCOLS
(
name Filler,
Empno ,
sal
)
SQLLoader - OPTIONS
OPTIONS (
SKIP=1,
ROWS=1000,
PARALLEL=true,
DIRECT=true,
SKIP_INDEX_MAINTENANCE=true
)
► ROWS is the number of row before committing (default:2)
► ERRORS controls the number of error allowed
► PARALLEL specifies whether direct loads can operate in multiple concurrent sessions to load data
► DIRECT specifies the load data path. A value of true specifies a direct path load. A value of false
specifies a conventional path load.
► SKIP_INDEX_MAINTENANCE will skip the maintenance (ie creation) of the index and is need with
direct path
SQLLoader – Command Line Keywords
userid--Oracleusername/password
control--Controlfilename
log--Logfilename
bad--Badfilename
data--Datafilename
discard--Discardfilename
discardmax--Numberofdiscardstoallow (Defaultall)
skip--Numberoflogicalrecordstoskip (Default0)
load--Numberoflogicalrecordstoload (Defaultall)
errors--Numberoferrorstoallow (Default50)
SQLLoader – Register as Concurrent
Program
SQLLoader – Register as Concurrent Program
Concurrent Program Log
Tools
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7369 SMITH CLERK 7902 12/17/1980 800

7499 ALLEN SALESMAN 7698 2/20/1981 1600

7521 WARD SALESMAN 7698 2/22/1981 1250

7566 JONES MANAGER 7839 4/2/1981 2975

7654 MARTIN SALESMAN 7698 9/28/1981 1250

► Sample CTL file for loading a Variable record data file:

► INFILE ‘$FILE’ — Specify the data file path and name

► APPEND – type of loading (INSERT, APPEND, REPLACE, TRUNCATE)

► INTO TABLE “APPS”.”GL_INTERFACE” – the table to be loaded into

► FIELDS TERMINATED BY ‘,’ – Specify the delimiter if variable format datafile

(ITEM_NUMBER “TRIM(:ITEM_NUMBER)”, – Can use all SQL functions on columns

► LOADDATA statement is required at the beginning of the control file.

► INFILE: INFILE keyword is used to specify location of the datafile or datafiles.

LOADDATA statement is required at the beginning of the control file.

INFILE: INFILE keyword is used to specify location of the datafile or datafiles.

INTO TABLE kap_emp

FIELDS TERMINATED BY “,”

( emp_num, emp_name, department_num, department_name )

INTO TABLE kap_emp

FIELDS TERMINATED BY “,”

( emp_num, emp_name, department_num, department_name )

► TRUNCATE — SQL*Loader uses the SQL TRUNCATE command

► INTOTABLEis required to identify the table to be loaded into.

► You can skip columns using the ‘FILLER’ option.

Concurrent Program Log

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