Database Software

Hi,

I have encountered an error with SQL Loader which I was hoping that someone here could help me out.

I am loading records from a file which have different length. Which type of record it is is identifiable by a field called record_type and all the records in the file are loaded into the same table.

The problem I encounter is that in average one record out of each 10000 is rejected with the errors:
ORA-00604: error occurred at recursive SQL level 1
ORA-14400: inserted partition key does not map to any partition

These records end up in a .bad file and I look at the date, which the partition is based on, then I don't find anything that can explain why it was rejected since the partition is there.

When I try to load the content .bad file into the table then it works without any of the previously rejected records being rejected again.

What I don't understand is why the records are rejected in the first place, but then at a second attempt successfully loaded although no modification has been done to the table (no new added, nor removed partitions). Am I somehow using the SQL loader in a way that it is not meant to be used, or might I have forgotten a setting in the .ctl file?

Oracle version is 11.1.0.7.0.

The control file I am using looks like this (subset, got altogether 6 different record types)
LOAD DATA
INFILE *
APPEND
INTO TABLE ROAM5
WHEN (41:43) = 'CA3'
TRAILING NULLCOLS
(
FILE_NAME POSITION(1:40) CHAR(40) "TRIM(:FILE_NAME)",
RECORD_TYPE POSITION(41:43) CHAR(3),
IMSI POSITION(44:58) CHAR(15) "TRIM(:IMSI)",
IMSI_TYPE POSITION(59:60) CHAR(2) "TRIM(:IMSI_TYPE)",
SENDER_ID POSITION(61:80) CHAR(20) "TRIM(:SENDER_ID)",
CUSTOMER_TAG POSITION(81:134) CHAR(54) "TRIM(:CUSTOMER_TAG)",
DATE_FROM_CDR POSITION(135:148) Date "YYYYMMDDHH24MISS",
CALL_EVENT_DATE POSITION(149:162) Date "YYYYMMDDHH24MISS",
TOTAL_CHARGED_UNITS POSITION(163:167) CHAR(5) "TRIM(:TOTAL_CHARGED_UNITS)",
FINAL_CHARGE_RATE POSITION(168:179) CHAR(12) "TRIM(:FINAL_CHARGE_RATE)",
TOTAL_CHARGEABLE_UNITS POSITION(180:184) CHAR(5) "TRIM(:TOTAL_CHARGEABLE_UNITS)",
CURRENCY_CODE POSITION(185:189) CHAR(5) "TRIM(:CURRENCY_CODE)",
USAGE_TYPE POSITION(190:194) CHAR(5) "TRIM(:USAGE_TYPE)",
TAX_RATE POSITION(195:206) CHAR(12) "TRIM(:TAX_RATE)",
CAMEL_SERVICE_LEVEL POSITION(207:207) CHAR(1) "TRIM(:CAMEL_SERVICE_LEVEL)",
CALLED_NUMBER POSITION(208:228) CHAR(21) "TRIM(:CALLED_NUMBER)",
ANNOTATION POSITION(229:483) CHAR(255) "TRIM(:ANNOTATION)",
CALLING_NUMBER POSITION(484:488) CHAR(5) "TRIM(:CALLING_NUMBER)"
)

INTO TABLE ROAM5
WHEN (41:43) = 'GC3'
TRAILING NULLCOLS
(
FILE_NAME POSITION(1:40) CHAR(40) "TRIM(:FILE_NAME)",
RECORD_TYPE POSITION(41:43) CHAR(3),
IMSI POSITION(44:58) CHAR(15) "TRIM(:IMSI)",
IMSI_TYPE POSITION(59:60) CHAR(2) "TRIM(:IMSI_TYPE)",
SENDER_ID POSITION(61:80) CHAR(20) "TRIM(:SENDER_ID)",
CUSTOMER_TAG POSITION(81:159) CHAR(79) "TRIM(:CUSTOMER_TAG)",
CALLING_NUMBER POSITION(160:164) CHAR(5) "TRIM(:CALLING_NUMBER)",
DATE_FROM_CDR POSITION(165:178) Date "YYYYMMDDHH24MISS",
CALL_EVENT_DATE POSITION(179:192) Date "YYYYMMDDHH24MISS",
DATE_FROM_CDR POSITION(165:178) Date "YYYYMMDDHH24MISS",
CALL_EVENT_DATE POSITION(179:192) Date "YYYYMMDDHH24MISS",
TOTAL_CHARGED_UNITS POSITION(193:204) CHAR(12) "TRIM(:TOTAL_CHARGED_UNITS)",
FINAL_CHARGE_RATE POSITION(205:216) CHAR(12) "TRIM(:FINAL_CHARGE_RATE)",
TOTAL_CHARGEABLE_UNITS POSITION(217:228) CHAR(12) "TRIM(:TOTAL_CHARGEABLE_UNITS)",
TAX_RATE POSITION(229:240) CHAR(12) "TRIM(:TAX_RATE)",
CURRENCY_CODE POSITION(241:245) CHAR(5) "TRIM(:CURRENCY_CODE)",
USAGE_TYPE POSITION(246:250) CHAR(5) "TRIM(:USAGE_TYPE)",
ANNOTATION POSITION(251:442) CHAR(192) "TRIM(:ANNOTATION)",
APN_NI POSITION(443:447) CHAR(5) "TRIM(:APN_NI)"
)

The partitioning is based around a syntax like this:
)
TABLESPACE REVASS_DATA
PCTUSED 0
PCTFREE 10
INITRANS 1
MAXTRANS 255
PARTITION BY RANGE (DATE_FROM_CDR)
(
PARTITION CDR_20121014 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE(' 2012-10-15 00:00:00', 'SYYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS', 'NLS_CALENDAR=GREGORIAN'))
LOGGING
NOCOMPRESS

I am thankful for any hint or help that you could give me.

Best regards,
Jesper

Edited by: 967860 on Oct 26, 2012 4:10 AM - Added Oracle version