DB Development Interview Question:

How to create an external table?

Submitted by: Administrator

//1st of all create a directory to store ur external table
CREATE DIRECORY EMP_DIR AS '/FLAT_FILES' ;


// now write the following line of code to create an
external table at that directory

CREATE TABLE OLDEMP(ENO NUMBER,ENAME CHAR(20),DOB DATE,)
ORGANIZATION EXTERNAL
( TYPE ORACLE_LOADER
DEFAULT DIRECTORY EMP_DIR
ACCESS PARAMETERS
(RECORDS DELIMITED BY NEWLINE
BADFILE 'BAD_EMP')
LOGFILE 'LOG_EMP'
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
(ENO CHAR , ENAME CHAR DOB CHAR DATE_FORMAT
DATE MASK "DD-MON-YYYY"
)
)
LOCATION ('EMP1.TXT')
)
PARALLEL 5
REJECT LIMIT 200;
Submitted by: Administrator