SQL*Loader and ORA-01480

This was tested on Oracle 11.2.0.2.7 on Solaris. I created a SQL*Loader control file with a table name which was more than 30 characters long: 

ORCL > cat andrew.ctl

load data

infile 'andrew.dat'

into table andrew7890123456789012345678901

fields terminated by ','

(col1, col2, col3)

ORCL >

Then when I tried to use SQL*Loader, I got an ORA-01480: 

ORCL > sqlldr / control=andrew.ctl

 

SQL*Loader: Release 11.2.0.2.0 - Production on Thu Feb 7 16:06:23 2013

 

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SQL*Loader-704: Internal error: ulmtsyn: OCIStmtExecute(tabhp) [1480]

ORA-01480: trailing null missing from STR bind value

ORCL >

I reduced the length of the table name to 30 characters and the error went away.