How to use SQL*Loader to load XMLType Column with other columns?

Question

Hi,
I am trying to use sqlldr to load an XML file into a table with an XMLType column. I have found plenty of examples where the entire table is an xmltype, but I would like to load many XML objects into a generic table for processing with one XMLType column and many other columns to identify the load. As a simple example, I have one constant column which I want to set during the upload.
The following example does not work :(. No errors either.
create table xml_upload
(upload_type varchar2(10) not null,
xml_data XMLType)
my control file:
LOAD DATA
INFILE * append
INTO TABLE xml_upload
XMLType(xml_data)
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
upload_type constant MARKET,
xml_data
BEGINDATA
<SALE_ORDER>
<CUST_CODE>TIM</CUST_CODE>
<ORDER_NUM>1234></ORDER_NUM>
</SALE_ORDER>
$ sqlldr my.ctl
SQL*Loader: Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Production on Sun Sep 27 22:51:52 2009
Copyright (c) 1982, 2007, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Commit point reached - logical record count 4
SQL> select * from xml_upload;
no rows selected
SQL>
Any ideas on how I can do this? Am I missing something...
I have also been playing with the lobfile clause of sqlldr, also without any success...
Current database version is 10g R2.
Thanks,
Tim.

Answer 1

Hi,
I tried the same example as it is. but, I am getting the following error:
SQL*Loader-350: Syntax error at line 6.
Expecting valid column specification, "," or ")", found "filler".
,file_name  char(100) fillerThe table I created is:
  create table xml_upload
(upload_type varchar2(10) not null,
xml_data XMLType)The control file I used is:
LOAD DATA
INFILE *
INTO TABLE xml_upload TRUNCATE
upload_type constant 'MARKET'
,file_name  char(100) filler
,xml_data LOBFILE (file_name) TERMINATED BY EOF
BEGINDATA
test.xmlThe database I am using is 10gr2