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Yarlanil59
Obsidian | Level 7

While creating new dataset.

data a;
set prd_dl.dl_customer_account(keep=cust_acct_key acct_nbr prms_key eff_end_day_key eff_start_day_key frst_nm lst_nm);
where eff_end_day_key=73049;
run;

Following error is displaying.

 

ERROR: Error terminating Netezza load: ERROR: found delim '|' in a data field, specify escapeChar '\' option in the external table
definition.

 

Any help is greatly appreciated.

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Yarlanil59
Obsidian | Level 7

We tried to use BULKUNLOAD=YES BL_DELIMITER=009 and it worked.

 

data a;

set prd_dl.dl_customer_account(keep=cust_acct_key acct_nbr prms_key  eff_end_day_key eff_start_day_key frst_nm lst_nm BULKUNLOAD=YES bl_delimiter=009);

where eff_end_day_key=73049;

run;

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Yarlanil59
Obsidian | Level 7

We tried to use BULKUNLOAD=YES BL_DELIMITER=009 and it worked.

 

data a;

set prd_dl.dl_customer_account(keep=cust_acct_key acct_nbr prms_key  eff_end_day_key eff_start_day_key frst_nm lst_nm BULKUNLOAD=YES bl_delimiter=009);

where eff_end_day_key=73049;

run;

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