Sql*loader and sdo_geometry field

Is there a way to load longitude/latitude coordinates from a flat file directly into an sdo_geometry field with sql*loader? If so, does anyone have an example? I just want to create point features.
Thanks,
David

David,
Section 4.1.2 of the Spatial User Guide has examples for this:
LOAD DATA
INFILE *
TRUNCATE
CONTINUEIF NEXT(1:1) = '#'
INTO TABLE POINT
FIELDS TERMINATED BY '|'
TRAILING NULLCOLS (
GID INTEGER EXTERNAL,
GEOMETRY COLUMN OBJECT
SDO_GTYPE INTEGER EXTERNAL,
SDO_POINT COLUMN OBJECT
(X FLOAT EXTERNAL,
Y FLOAT EXTERNAL)
BEGINDATA
1| 2001| -122.4215| 37.7862|
2| 2001| -122.4019| 37.8052|
3| 2001| -122.426| 37.803|
4| 2001| -122.4171| 37.8034|
5| 2001| -122.416151| 37.8027228|
You need to add the SRID field if you want to add the SRID to the geometry.
Or you can do that with SQL after the data is loaded into the DB.
siva

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Hallo,
I have already posted and I really need help and don't come further with this
I have the following problem. I have 2 tables which I created the following way:
CREATE TYPE gemark_schluessel_t AS OBJECT(
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gemark_schl NUMBER(4),
gemark_name VARCHAR2(45)
CREATE TABLE gemark_schluessel_tab OF gemark_schluessel_t(
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flst_id NUMBER(8),
flst_nr_zaehler NUMBER(4),
flst_nr_nenner NUMBER(4),
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gemark_schluessel REF gemark_schluessel_t,
flaeche SDO_GEOMETRY
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flur_nr NOT NULL,
gemark_schluessel REFERENCES gemark_schluessel_tab
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1 101 Borna
2 102 Draisdorf
Now I wanna load data in my flurstuecke_tab with SQL*Loader and there I have problems with my ref column gemark_schluessel.
One data record looks like this in my file (it is without geometry)
1|97|7||1|1|
If I wanna load my data record, it does not work. The reference (the system generated OID) should be taken from gemark_schluessel_tab.
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flst_nr_zaehler,
flst_nr_nenner,
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Thanks Justin ...for a quick response ...
well ... i am loading data into BLOB only and using SQL*Loader ...
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Thanx

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