Loading ntext data from MSSQL into Oracle - field locations vary

Good afternoon/evening everyone
I'm looking for a practical solution to a data migration issue I am running into. Here's the detail.
1. Source database is Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
2. Destination database is Oracle 11g R2.
3. Migration strategy: Use MSSQL Management Studio Export Wizard to export all tables into flat files and then use SQL*Loader to load into Oracle.
Sounds easy...Here's the problem I'm running into:
1. Several tables have ntext data.
2. The location of ntext attribute within the table varies by table.
3. The number of ntext attributes in the source table varies by table.
4. I'm using a field delimiter to split the data.
What I am running into:
1. There is nothing within the data for the ntext field that is common that would allow me to use a CONTINUEIF to cause the multiple physical records to be concatenated into a logical record.
2. The number of physical records very for creating the logical record.
3. Other data exists after each ntext attribute that is either ntext or non-ntext data.
What I'm looking for:
1. Would like to use SQL*Loader, if possible; otherwise I'll write a PL/SQL procedure to read the data, row for row, and load it into the appropriate fields.
2. Looking for ideas from the Forum experts to provide some Control File syntax that would accomplish what I'm trying to do. I'm out of ideas.
I would appreciate some assistance and some ideas if you have any.
Thanks in advance
Stephen Karniotis
[email protected]

is this what you are looking for?
select replace('this a text with\X0D\X0Ain it', '\X0D\X0A', chr(13) || chr(10)) from dualyou can do the replace directly when loading by putting "replace(:fieldname, '\X0D\X0A', chr(13) || chr(10))"
next to the field in the controll file you use with sql*loader (including the " signs). Or you can use it in an update statement.
greetings
Freek D

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