SQL Loader Oracle: How to load predefined values

Question

I am uploading the data with SQL Loader, in the file.txt file I have 3 fields and I want to load the field UPLOAD_DATE with sysdate and FILE_NAME with 'archivo.txt'

I tried to do something like this with SQL Loader, for example:

UPLOAD_DATE DATE TERMINATED BY "|" sysdate,
FILE_NAME CHAR(200) TERMINATED BY "|" "archivo.txt"

but this does not work, there is another way to load this information

Error

SQL*Loader-350: Syntax error at line 14.
Expecting "," or ")", found keyword sysdate.
UPLOAD_DATE DATE TERMINATED BY "|" SYSDATE,

ControlFile.ctl

OPTIONS (SILENT=(ALL, HEADER))
load data
infile file.txt
badfile file.bad
discardfile file.dis
append
into table TABLE_INFO
fields terminated by '|'
TRAILING NULLCOLS (
  SUB_ID INTEGER EXTERNAL TERMINATED BY "|",
  SUB_PROPERTY CHAR(4000) TERMINATED BY "|",
  MODIFY_TIME DATE TERMINATED BY "|" "to_date(:MODIFY_TIME, 'MM/DD/YYYY HH:MI:SS PM')",
  UPLOAD_DATE DATE TERMINATED BY "|" "to_date(:UPLOAD_DATE, 'MM/DD/YYYY HH:MI:SS PM')",
  FILE_NAME CHAR(200) TERMINATED BY "|"
)

Table

create table TABLE_INFO
(
  sub_id       NUMBER(20) not null,
  sub_property VARCHAR2(4000),
  modify_time  DATE,
  upload_date  DATE,
  file_name    VARCHAR2(200)
)

file.txt

11|campo2|09/13/2017 11:36:11 PM
12|campo1|09/22/2017 02:41:38 PM

sqlldr userbd/passbd control=ControlFile.ctl log=log_file.log rows=10000 direct=true

@OldProgrammer Errors ``` SQL*Loader-350: Syntax error at line 14. Expecting "," or ")", found keyword sysdate. UPLOAD_DATE DATE TERMINATED BY "|" SYSDATE, ``` — Tomas
– Tomas, Commented Nov 24, 2020 at 22:09
What are you expecting the terminated by clause to do when you're supplying a value from the control file - when there is no field in the data file to be terminated? And is there a reason you're specifying it again for each field anyway, when you've set it as the default fields setting? — Alex Poole
– Alex Poole, Commented Nov 24, 2020 at 23:02

Popeye · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-25 02:44:43Z

2

You have already used the trailing null cols, you can now use the constant value as follows:

UPLOAD_DATE DATE sysdate,
FILE_NAME constant "archivo.txt"

answered Nov 25, 2020 at 2:44

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