Q : SQL*Loader : Loading on a condition

Hi,
Appreciate if someone can give me some directions on this.
I get data-files which has a particular identified on the 1st record( header ), based on which I've to load a constant for the 1st column of every row. How do I set in the control file.
Example :-
data_file_1
O|08-aug-04|1000 -- format( company_id|date|row_count )
john saylor|100|10000 --format( name|emp_id|salary )
larry ellisson|1|10000000 --format( name|emp_id|salary )
... -- 1000 such records
data_file_2
S|08-aug-04|10
scott mcnealy|1|1000000
john schwartz|2|1000000
--10 such records
The table I want to load these 2, have these columns
Table A
Company_name
Emp_name
Emp_id
Run_date ( default to sysdate )
Now, all data-files will have only one identifier-record and in the 1st row. So in these examples, I've to set a constant as Oracle or Sun Microsystems based on the 1st record( header ) for every row inserted from that data-file. I need to embed all these in a single control-file to load data-files for different companies.
Thanks.
- Shankar.

Here's one way, which involves creating a separate table to store the header record:
http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/ask/f?p=4950:8:::::F4950_P8_DISPLAYID:12476473797898

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