ORA-01031: insufficient privileges when bulk loading data from one schema to another via SQL*Loader - sql

Question

I am trying to INSERT data into another schema's table via SQL Loader. Here is the control file:
LOAD DATA
INFILE *
INTO TABLE globalref01.dw_stg_holiday_extract
FIELDS TERMINATED BY "|"
TRAILING NULLCOLS
( ric_trd_exch,
cntry_cde,
holiday_date "TO_DATE (:holiday_date, 'YYYYMMDD')",
holiday_desc,
trd,
stl
)
Notice I'm inserting into table SCHEMA.TABLE_NAME. Since I'll be sqlldr'ing from the schema depotapp01, I'll run the following command on globalref01:
GRANT INSERT ON dw_stg_holiday_extract TO depotapp01;
Check and see if it works:
SELECT * FROM user_tab_privs_recd WHERE table_name = 'DW_STG_HOLIDAY_EXTRACT' AND owner = 'GLOBALREF01';
That confirms I have INSERT privs from depotapp01:
GLOBALREF01 DW_STG_HOLIDAY_EXTRACT GLOBALREF01 INSERT NO NO
Now, when I try to execute the sqlldr command, I get ORA-01031: insufficient privileges:
SQL*Loader: Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Production on Mon Feb 3 09:41:43 2014
Copyright (c) 1982, 2007, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Control File: /db/platform/eq/sparc_SunOS_5.6/depot/2.0/DWRef/cfg/uat/2.1/base_config/holiday_calendar.ctl
Data File: /export/data/depotdw/DWRef/data/oats/holiday_calendar.dat
Bad File: /export/data/depotdw/DWRef/data/oats/holiday_calendar.err
Discard File: /export/data/depotdw/DWRef/data/oats/holiday_calendar.dsc
(Allow all discards)
Number to load: ALL
Number to skip: 0
Errors allowed: 200000
Bind array: 64 rows, maximum of 1000000 bytes
Continuation: none specified
Path used: Conventional
Table GLOBALREF01.DW_STG_HOLIDAY_EXTRACT, loaded from every logical record.
Insert option in effect for this table: INSERT
TRAILING NULLCOLS option in effect
Column Name Position Len Term Encl Datatype
------------------------------ ---------- ----- ---- ---- ---------------------
RIC_TRD_EXCH FIRST * | CHARACTER
CNTRY_CDE NEXT * | CHARACTER
HOLIDAY_DATE NEXT * | CHARACTER
SQL string for column : "TO_DATE (:holiday_date, 'YYYYMMDD')"
HOLIDAY_DESC NEXT * | CHARACTER
TRD NEXT * | CHARACTER
STL NEXT * | CHARACTER
SQL*Loader-929: Error parsing insert statement for table GLOBALREF01.DW_STG_HOLIDAY_EXTRACT.
ORA-01031: insufficient privileges
So my question is, now that I know I have INSERT privileges, what other privileges do I need to grant in order for this to work?

Answer 1

I think you also need the SELECT privilege in most cases because SQL*Loader performs checks before inserting.
In particular, the default loading option is INSERT:
INSERT
This is SQL*Loader's default method. It requires the table to
be empty before loading. SQL*Loader terminates with an error if the
table contains rows.
In order to check that the table is empty, the account used by SQL*Loader needs the SELECT privilege. You might not need it if loading as APPEND instead. Conversely, if you use the REPLACE or TRUNCATE option, you'll need additional privileges.