Hoe to write ctl file to load same data into two coulmns in a table?

Question

hi,
This is a sample text file
,"21820","Fairbanks, AK","METRO","1","21820"
,"11260","Anchorage, AK","METRO","1","11260"
,"27940","Juneau, AK","MICRO","2","27940"
,"28980","Kodiak, AK","MICRO","2","28980"
and i have to load ot in a table cbsa_ref
SQL> desc cbsa_ref;
Name Null? Type
CBSA_NAME VARCHAR2(100)
CBSA_ID VARCHAR2(5)
DISP_CBSA_NAME VARCHAR2(100)
I have to insert the first column in text file into CBSA_ID column.
And i have to insert the second column in text file into both CBSA_NAME & DISP_CBSA_NAME. Please tell me how to do this?
If we write the ctl file as ,
load data
APPEND
INTO cbsa_ref
FIELDS TERMINATED BY "," OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
TRAILING NULLCOLS
CBSA_ID
,CBSA_NAME
,DISP_CBSA_NAME
only the third column in text file will go into DISP_CBSA_NAME.
Beneven

Answer 1

SQL> !cat load1.dat
,"21820","Fairbanks, AK","METRO","1","21820"
,"11260","Anchorage, AK","METRO","1","11260"
,"27940","Juneau, AK","MICRO","2","27940"
,"28980","Kodiak, AK","MICRO","2","28980"
SQL> !cat load1.ctl
load data
TRUNCATE
INTO table cbsa_ref
FIELDS TERMINATED BY "," OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
TRAILING NULLCOLS
NULL_COL filler,
CBSA_ID ,
CBSA_NAME ,
DISP_CBSA_NAME ":CBSA_NAME"
SQL> !sqlldr userid=scott/tiger control=load1.ctl data=load1.dat
SQL*Loader: Release 10.2.0.3.0 - Production on Fri Feb 23 10:17:01 2007
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Commit point reached - logical record count 5
SQL> select * from cbsa_ref;
CBSA_NAME CBSA_ID DISP_CBSA_NAME
Fairbanks, AK 21820 Fairbanks, AK
Anchorage, AK 11260 Anchorage, AK
Juneau, AK 27940 Juneau, AK
Kodiak, AK 28980 Kodiak, AK
SQL>
Best regards
Maxim