How to fix the Oracle error SQL*Loader-00134: invalid option specified for EXTERNAL_TABLE parameter?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorSQL*Loader-00134: invalid option specified for EXTERNAL_TABLE parameter with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

SQL*Loader-00134: invalid option specified for EXTERNAL_TABLE parameter

Reason for the Error SQL*Loader-00134: invalid option specified for EXTERNAL_TABLE parameter

An invalid value was specified for the EXTERNAL_TABLE parameter.

How to fix the Error SQL*Loader-00134: invalid option specified for EXTERNAL_TABLE parameter ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Specify one of the following values. NOT_USED disables use of external tables. GENERATE_ONLY generates the SQL statements that will use external tables to load the data. EXECUTE both generates the SQL statements and then executes them.