This error message is returned when the data value to be imported has a datatype that cannot be accommodated by the datatype of the target database column. This usually occurs during inadvertent attempts to import character data into numeric columns. There are, however, other mismatch possibilities. The offending record is rejected and written to the
input-file
.BAD file, where
input-file
is the name of the input data file that is identified in the import specification file.