Importing CSV into table - problem with tab-deliminated files

Hi All,
I have written an application based on well-known Uploading excel sheet using Oracle Application Express (APEX) example from the following site:
http://avdeo.com/2008/05/21/uploading-excel-sheet-using-oracle-application-express-apex/
All works as expected...
However the code in the example assumes that the CSV file is really comma-delimited file:
v_line := REPLACE (v_line, ',', ':');
Now, I have noticed that when different people use "Save as CSV" function in Excel they sometimes get different results. For example sometimes you get a file which is semicolon delimited (';').
However, I need to process a file which is tab-delimited file. Thinking is was quite simple task I simply change the above line of code to:
v_line := REPLACE (v_line, chr(9), ':');
where chr(9) is the ASCII code for horizontal TAB
I was very surprised however to see that if I process the tab-delimited file with the above line I receive an extra character between EVERY CHARACTER. To give you an example:
1) When processing a normal comma or semicolon delimited file using v_line := REPLACE (v_line, *','*, ':'); or v_line := REPLACE (v_line, *';'*, ':'); I receive correct results:
SQL> select contract_value,dump(CONTRACT_VALUE) from sdpr_upload;
CONTRACT_VALUE DUMP(CONTRACT_VALUE)
354000 Typ=1 Len=6: 51,53,52,48,48,48
555569 Typ=1 Len=6: 53,53,53,53,54,57
2) When processing a TAB-DELIMITED file using v_line := REPLACE (v_line, chr(9), ':'); I get this:
SQL> select contract_value,dump(CONTRACT_VALUE) from sdpr_upload;
CONTRACT_VALUE DUMP(CONTRACT_VALUE)
3 5 4 0 0 0 Typ=1 Len=13: 0,51,0,53,0,52,0,48,0,48,0,48,0
5 5 5 5 6 9 Typ=1 Len=13: 0,53,0,53,0,53,0,53,0,54,0,57,0
Now the BIG QUESTION ARE:
Where do these 0's come from? How to get rid of them?
Many thanks for any pointers!
Pawel.

Thanks for the tip, however the problem is to actually load the tabbed file.
I think the issue lies somewhere else. I see some weird characters in the export file when viewing it in Linux vi. So I am guessing this could be some unnicode conversion problem rather than any issue with the application or script.
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