External tables in oracle 8i

Hi,
I am working in Oracle 8i. I need to use Oracle 8i External Table to load data in the database. But I am getting the following error
ORA-00922: Missing or Invalid Option
The snippet which I used is as follows:
create table ext_table_csv (
a NUMBER,
n NUMBER,
m NUMBER
organization external
type oracle_loader
default directory swami
access parameters (
records delimited by newline
fields terminated by ';'
missing field values are null
location ('sample.txt')
PARALLEL
reject limit 0
The input file data is
018307;20080421;123457
018307;20080421;123457
Please let me know how this can be done in Oracle 8i and I have to use Oracle Loader only.

Its a new feature introduced in Oracle 9i.
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/A91202_01/901_doc/server.901/a90120/ch2_feat.htm#58871
For 8i, SQL*Loader is the only option.

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#counting the records in files
tot_rec_in_tstlms=`wc -l $DEST_PATH/tstlms.dat | awk ' { print $1 } '`
tot_rec_in_tstlmsedits=`wc -l $DEST_PATH/tstlmsedits.dat | awk ' { print $1 } '`
tot_rec_in_tstlms_bad=`wc -l $DEST_PATH/tstlms.bad | awk ' { print $1 } '`
tot_rec_in_tstlmsedits_bad=`wc -l $DEST_PATH/tstlmsedits.bad | awk ' { print $1 } '`
#updating log table
echo "pl/sql block started"
sqlplus -s $fcp_login<<EOF
define tot_rec_in_tstlms     = '$tot_rec_in_tstlms';
define tot_rec_in_tstlmsedits     = '$tot_rec_in_tstlmsedits';
define tot_rec_in_tstlms_bad     = '$tot_rec_in_tstlms_bad';
define tot_rec_in_tstlmsedits_bad='$tot_rec_in_tstlmsedits_bad';
define fcp_reqid ='$fcp_reqid';
declare
l_tstlms_file_id number := null;
l_tstlmsedits_file_id number := null;
l_tot_rec_in_tstlms number := 0;
l_tot_rec_in_tstlmsedits number := 0;
l_tot_rec_in_tstlms_bad number := 0;
l_tot_rec_in_tstlmsedits_bad number := 0;
l_request_id fnd_concurrent_requests.request_id%type;
l_start_date fnd_concurrent_requests.actual_start_date%type;
l_end_date fnd_concurrent_requests.actual_completion_date%type;
l_conc_prog_name fnd_concurrent_programs.concurrent_program_name%type;
l_requested_by fnd_concurrent_requests.requested_by%type;
l_requested_date fnd_concurrent_requests.request_date%type;
begin
--getting concurrent request details
begin
SELECT fcp.concurrent_program_name,
fcr.request_id,
fcr.actual_start_date,
fcr.actual_completion_date,
fcr.requested_by,
fcr.request_date
INTO l_conc_prog_name,
l_request_id,
l_start_date,
l_end_date,
l_requested_by,
l_requested_date
FROM fnd_concurrent_requests fcr, fnd_concurrent_programs fcp
WHERE fcp.concurrent_program_id = fcr.concurrent_program_id
AND fcr.request_id = &fcp_reqid; --fnd_global.conc_request_id();
exception
when no_data_found then
fnd_file.put_line(fnd_file.log, 'Error:RGIS_TCA_TO_TLMS_CREATE.sh');
fnd_file.put_line(fnd_file.log, 'No data found for request_id');
fnd_file.put_line(fnd_file.log, sqlerrm);
raise_application_error(-20001,
'Error occured when executing RGIS_TCA_TO_TLMS_CREATE.sh ' ||
sqlerrm);
when others then
fnd_file.put_line(fnd_file.log, 'Error:RGIS_TCA_TO_TLMS_CREATE.sh');
fnd_file.put_line(fnd_file.log,
'Error occured when retrieving request_id request_id');
fnd_file.put_line(fnd_file.log, sqlerrm);
raise_application_error(-20001,
'Error occured when executing RGIS_TCA_TO_TLMS_CREATE.sh ' ||
sqlerrm);
end;
--calling ins_or_upd_tca_process_log to update log table for tstlms.dat file
begin
rgis_tca_to_tlms_process.ins_or_upd_tca_process_log
               (l_tstlms_file_id,
               'tstlms.dat',
               l_conc_prog_name,
               l_request_id,
               l_start_date,
               l_end_date,
               &tot_rec_in_tstlms,
               &tot_rec_in_tstlms_bad,
               null,
               null,
               null,
               null,
               null,
               null,
               null,
               l_requested_by,
               l_requested_date,
               null,
               null,
               null,
               null,
               null);
exception
when others then
fnd_file.put_line(fnd_file.log, 'Error:RGIS_TCA_TO_TLMS_CREATE.sh');
fnd_file.put_line(fnd_file.log,
'Error occured when executing rgis_tca_to_tlms_process.ins_or_upd_tca_process_log for tstlms file');
fnd_file.put_line(fnd_file.log, sqlerrm);
end;
--calling ins_or_upd_tca_process_log to update log table for tstlmsedits.dat file
begin
rgis_tca_to_tlms_process.ins_or_upd_tca_process_log
               (l_tstlmsedits_file_id,
               'tstlmsedits.dat',
               l_conc_prog_name,
               l_request_id,
               l_start_date,
               l_end_date,
               &tot_rec_in_tstlmsedits,
               &tot_rec_in_tstlmsedits_bad,
               null,
               null,
               null,
               null,
               null,
               null,
               null,
               l_requested_by,
               l_requested_date,
               null,
               null,
               null,
               null,
               null);
exception
when others then
fnd_file.put_line(fnd_file.log, 'Error:RGIS_TCA_TO_TLMS_CREATE.sh');
fnd_file.put_line(fnd_file.log,
'Error occured when executing rgis_tca_to_tlms_process.ins_or_upd_tca_process_log for tstlmsedits file');
fnd_file.put_line(fnd_file.log, sqlerrm);
end;
end;
exit;
EOF
echo "rgis_tca_to_tlms_process.sql started"
sqlplus -s $fcp_login @$SCHED_TOP/sql/rgis_tca_to_tlms_process.sql $fcp_reqid
exit;
echo "rgis_tca_to_tlms_process.sql ended"
_**Error:*----------------------------------*_
RGIS Scheduling: Version : UNKNOWN
Copyright (c) 1979, 1999, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
TCATLMS module: TCA To TLMS Import Process
Current system time is 18-AUG-2011 06:13:27
COUNT(*)
     16
COUNT(*)
     25
wc: cannot open /home/custom/sched/in/tstlms.bad
wc: cannot open /home/custom/sched/in/tstlmsedits.bad
pl/sql block started
old 33:     AND fcr.request_id = &fcp_reqid; --fnd_global.conc_request_id();
new 33:     AND fcr.request_id = 18661823; --fnd_global.conc_request_id();
old 63:                &tot_rec_in_tstlms,
new 63:                16,
old 64:                &tot_rec_in_tstlms_bad,
new 64:                ,
old 97:                &tot_rec_in_tstlmsedits,
new 97:                25,
old 98:                &tot_rec_in_tstlmsedits_bad,
new 98:                ,
ERROR at line 64:
ORA-06550: line 64, column 4:
PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "," when expecting one of the following:
( - + case mod new not null others <an identifier>
<a double-quoted delimited-identifier> <a bind variable> avg
count current exists max min prior sql stddev sum variance
execute forall merge time timestamp interval date
<a string literal with character set specification>
<a number> <a single-quoted SQL string> pipe
<an alternatively-quoted string literal with character set specification>
<an alternatively-q
ORA-06550: line 98, column 4:
PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "," when expecting one of the following:
( - + case mod new not null others <an identifier>
<a double-quoted delimited-identifier> <a bind variable> avg
count current exists max min prior sql st
rgis_tca_to_tlms_process.sql started
old 12: and concurrent_request_id = '&1';
new 12: and concurrent_request_id = '18661823';
old 18: and concurrent_request_id = '&1';
new 18: and concurrent_request_id = '18661823';
old 22: rgis_tca_to_tlms_process.run_tca_data(l_tstlms_file_id,&1);
new 22: rgis_tca_to_tlms_process.run_tca_data(l_tstlms_file_id,18661823);
old 33: rgis_tca_to_tlms_process.run_tca_data_history(l_tstlmsedits_file_id,&1);
new 33: rgis_tca_to_tlms_process.run_tca_data_history(l_tstlmsedits_file_id,18661823);
old 44: rgis_tca_to_tlms_process.send_tca_email('TCATLMS',&1);
new 44: rgis_tca_to_tlms_process.send_tca_email('TCATLMS',18661823);
declare
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-20001: Error occured when executing RGIS_TCA_TO_TLMS_PROCESS.sql ORA-01403:
no data found
ORA-06512: at line 59
Executing request completion options...
------------- 1) PRINT   -------------
Printing output file.
Request ID : 18661823
Number of copies : 0
Printer : noprint
Finished executing request completion options.
Concurrent request completed successfully
Current system time is 18-AUG-2011 06:13:29
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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