Could anyone tell me how to read 4 lines altogether and insert into table

Question

Hi ,
I want to load the below data into table by using sql loader.
First 4 lines should insert in one single row in table and again it should from '01' load the next 4 lines in another row.
01suresh
02works
03in
04bankok
01kumar
02works
03in
04abudabi
01Raju
02works
03in
04france
Could you please give me some suggestion how i can accomplish it.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Vino

Answer 1

user1142030 wrote:
First 4 lines should insert in one single row in table and again it should from '01' load the next 4 lines in another row.Not a problem, use CONTINUEIF. Control file:
LOAD DATA
INFILE *
REPLACE
CONTINUEIF NEXT PRESERVE(1:2) != "01"
INTO TABLE continueif
TRAILING NULLCOLS
DUMMY FILLER POSITION(1:2),
COL1 TERMINATED BY '02',
COL2 TERMINATED BY '03',
COL3 TERMINATED BY '04',
COL4 TERMINATED BY '01'
BEGINDATA
01suresh
02works
03in
04bankok
01kumar
02works
03in
04abudabi
01Raju
02works
03in
04france Now:
SQL> create table continueif(
  2                          col1 varchar2(10),
  3                          col2 varchar2(10),
  4                          col3 varchar2(10),
  5                          col4 varchar2(10)
  6                         )
  7  /
Table created.
SQL> host sqlldr scott@orcl/tiger control=c:\temp\continueif.ctl log=c:\temp\continueif.log
SQL> select * from continueif
  2  /
COL1       COL2       COL3       COL4
suresh     works      in         bankok
kumar      works      in         abudabi
Raju       works      in         france
3 rows selected.
SQL> SY.