Import external text file into table in database using web form

I whant to import data from text delimited file located in os
into oracle table using web form.
I am using ORACLE DATABASE 8i, APPLICATION SERVER 9i
and ORACLE FORMS DEVELOPER AND FORMS SERVER 6i (Patch 2)
Is there anybody who know how can i do this?
Thank you!

WebUtil uploads the files as Binary - so yes you could have some issues if you have a Unix host - however, that would only mean that there is an extra character to trim off of the end of the line read by Text_io.

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>
I can say that anybody with
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