Read text file into clob column

Dear Oracle users and Oracle support,
I have a text file that includes hundreds of data entries. The format is below. What I need to do is read each entry (
<DATALOAD ................</DATALOAD>) into the CLOB column as a table record. Then create a loop in the table to convert each record into XML data type. I have general idea on how to convert CLOB to XML. The difficult part to me is read the each entry in the text file to CLOB table. Please let me know what technique I should use. Any recommendation and sample code are welcome! I appreciate!
Thanks,
Bing
<DATALOAD ................</DATALOAD>
<DATALOAD ................</DATALOAD>
<DATALOAD ................</DATALOAD>
<DATALOAD ................</DATALOAD>

RBYL wrote:
Hi,
Thank you for your response. What I want to achieve is read the text file into ClOB column. There are hundreds reocords in the text file. The format is below. Each entry is '<DATALOAD (sensitive data here, use....... instead)</DATALOAD>' that needs to be read into clob table as a record. That is basically what I need to achieve.
<DATALOAD ................</DATALOAD>
<DATALOAD ................</DATALOAD>
hundreds of them here........
<DATALOAD ................</DATALOAD>
<DATALOAD ................</DATALOAD>So, is it really a text file or is it a well structured XML file?
Just reading it into a CLOB to process is not likely to be the best way.
If each line of the file is a record, then you're likely to be better using something like External Tables.
If it's a structured XML file, then it can be read using CLOB functionality into an XMLTYPE datatype and then shredded down into relational table structures.
Be more clear in what your requirements are and we can help you better.
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