About SQL*Loader

Good day,
I am new in data moving and I need help from you guys.
Here are Queries:
1. Is it possible to use more than one delimiters when terminating fields?
Eg. .....
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' OR ';' OR ':'
2. If possible, how can I solve this problem?
Say we have text file with the data like this>
251, John , Key ; 58 ; 96544
where COL1=251, and COl2=John,COL3=Key,COL4=58 and COL5=9654
That's all I wanna know. Thanks a lot
Regards
Talifhani

You can specify the delimiter for each column separately
http://download-uk.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96652/ch12.htm#1002860

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<LegacyCoProdIndicator />
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<VolumeCBLCode />
<SAARTServiceIDCode />
<MarginPercentRequired />
<PercentIntl />
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<PriceType />
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<Compensable />
<Jurisdiction />
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<PSOCCode />
<USBilled />
<MOWBilled />
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<OfferType productCode="ABN" />
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Two options that come to mind. Others exist.
#1 - {thread:id=474031}, which is basically storing the XML in an Object Relational structure for parsing
#2 - Dump the XML into either an XMLType based table or column and use SQL (with XMLTable) to create a view that parses the data. This would be the same as the view shown in the above post.
Don't use sql*loader to parse the XML. I was trying to find a post from mdrake about that but couldn't. In short, sql*loader was not build as an XML parser so don't try to use it that way.

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---------- Start ---------
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