Import txt files into table

Question

Hi all,
I was created table A with A1 and A2 columns.
create table A (number A1, varchar A2).
I have file.txt from my desktop like
1,elementA
2,elementKK
3,elementMM
1000,element YIIO
How to import this file into table A with A1 have number and A2 have elements
from txt file using sql plus editor?
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Hi,
Below example using External Table Feature.
create a directory on the server where your database is installed and copy your data file(text file) in that directory. In the below example Oracle directory name is "text_file" and the physical directory on the server is "D:\TEXT_FILE\". The file name of data file is "data.txt".
create directory text_file as 'D:\TEXT_FILE\';
DROP TABLE load_a;
CREATE TABLE load_a
(a1 varchar2(20),
a2 varchar2(200))
ORGANIZATION EXTERNAL
(TYPE ORACLE_LOADER
DEFAULT DIRECTORY text_file
ACCESS PARAMETERS
(FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
LOCATION ('data.txt')
select * from load_a;
now you can use
insert into a select * from load_a;
Sachin Chauhan