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Viral - I'm glad that someone a lot more familiar than I with SQL*Loader
replied, and hopefully that will handle David's problem. I'm just curious
about one thing, having encountered this sort of thing before. Can
SQL*Loader handle the situation where some lines may not be present? For
example, suppose the REASON line is sometimes two or three lines. When I've
had situations like this, I've often seen a variable number of lines. That
is why I suggested Perl, which can easily handle this sort of thing. Of
course, Perl is so handy that I think every DBA should learn it, for tasks
just like this.
Dennis Williams
DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com <mailto:dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com>
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Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 2:44 PM
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Oracle sql*loader has many many features...at two of them are applicable in your specific case.
You could use CONCATENATE or CONTINUEIF clauses of control file. These clauses help you wherever you have multiple physical records form one logical record.
Cheers
Viral Desai.
>From: DENNIS WILLIAMS <DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM>
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>Subject: RE: How to load text file into database table
>Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 08:53:34 -0800
>
>David - If the file is in just the format you show, my first impulse would
>be to use the perl script language to get it into a form that sqlldr could
>easily read. Perl is available on all platforms, including Windows. If you
>get ambitious, Perl can even directly insert the values into Oracle. Jared
>Still, the manager of this list has just published a book on that aspect.
>
>http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=0E2CIPD0
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>9&isbn=0596002106
>
>
>Dennis Williams
>DBA
>Lifetouch, Inc.
>dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com <mailto:dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 10:54 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
>I have a text file and need to load it into database table using sqlldr
>utility. Is there a way to load a text file? I know how to load csv file
>but not text file.
>
>*** Below is text file format.
>
>Date: Wed Aug 29 10:43:53 CDT 2001
>Name: Paris By Night
>Email: xyz_at_testing.com
>Phone: 202-333-4444
>Location: Washington, DC
>Equipment needing to access: EMS, , , , ,
>Reason: Not working
>
>I want to above data into useraccount table which has following columns.
>
>date
>username
>email
>phone
>location
>equipment
>reason
>
>Thanks in advance,
>David
>
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