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    loading zip files.

    Hi Friends,
    Can we load data in zipped files using sql loader.

    Oracle version 8.1.7.4, sun solaris 2.8

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    anandkl
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    Hi.

    It depends what you mean.

    1) If you want to load the whole zipped file into a single BLOB column, then yes you can.

    2) If you want to unzip the files and load them as normal, then this can't be done using SQL*Loader alone. You need to write shell script to unzip the files then load them.

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    Hi Tim,
    Thanks for the fast response.

    I have a zip file which has 50 column values and i want to load this zip file without unziping it.

    I want to know if this can be done so that i can save space by not unziping it. we are running short of space.

    I have the script for unziping the file and then using sql loader to load the unziped file.

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    So you want to load the data that is within files within the zip file.

    I don't know of a way to do that without extracting it first.

    If you are a UNIX whizz there may be a way to pipe the extract directly into the SQL*Loader program, but I'm not so I don't. Sorry.

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    Hi Tim,
    Thanks once again.
    I am not a unix whizz, let me see if i can get help else where and will post it if i get a solution.

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    anandkl
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    Never tried this with sqlloader, but we do something like this for importing compressed export dumps:

    Code:
    mknod pipe.dmp p
    imp userid=/ fromuser=a touser=b file=pipe.dmp &
    uncompress < $EXP_DIR/exp.dmp.Z > pipe.dmp &
    wait
    The imp command reads the pipe file, and uncompress gets input from exp.dmp.Z, uncompresses it and sends the output to pipe.dmp.

    The pipe.dmp file is essentially a FIFO queue, with uncompress filling the queue and imp reading the queue. It is size limited (O/S dependent), and the writer pauses if the queue is filled while the reader thinks.

    HTH
    John

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    Hi John,
    That was a good one.
    I used the below and it worked for me.

    gzcat ananda.txt.gz | sqlldr userid=ananda/ananda control=ananda_ldr.ctl log=input.log errors=10000000 bad=input.bad readsize
    =2500000 rows= 50000 bindsize=2500000.

    gzcat will not unzip but read the contents of the file and sqlldr will load each record read.

    Regards
    aandkl
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    Anandkl:

    Glad I gave you a hint. I am surprised that sql loader would accept input from stdin. I would have thought that it would look for a physical file, even if only a pipe, but as long as it works.

    John

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    Good one. Very useful to know.

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    Quote Originally Posted by John Spencer
    Anandkl:

    Glad I gave you a hint. I am surprised that sql loader would accept input from stdin. I would have thought that it would look for a physical file, even if only a pipe, but as long as it works.

    John
    yeah, I'm kinda surprised it works on stdin also.
    Jeff Hunter

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