Reading text file from forms6i

Question

hi all ,
i want to read a text file how can i classify its coordinates (columns) to insert it into different columns of a table .
i want that first ten characters of text file will go in first column of table , next 5 characters will go into 2nd column and so.
but how to identify the characters from - to for columns.
Message was edited by:
Najeeb ur Rehman

Answer 1

declare
v_line varchar2(2000);
v_text_io TEXT_IO.FILE_TYPE;
begin
v_text_io:= TEXT_IO.FOPEN(c:\temp\file.txt,'r');
LOOP
TEXT_IO.GET_LINE(v_text_io, v_line);
v_first_column:= SUBSTR(v_line,1,10);
v_second_column:= SUBSTR(v_line,11,5);
INSERT INTO your_table VALUES(v_first_column, v_second_column);
END LOOP;
EXCEPTION
WHEN no_data_found
THEN
TEXT_IO.FCLOSE(v_text_io);
END;
You can also try it with the sql-loader.
tom