SQL Loader - Load multiple files in UNIX

Question

HI all, I'm looking for a bit of help with using SQL LOADER to load multiple files into one table. I've had a look on the forums but still struggling with this one.
What I want to do is basically upload everything thats in /home/ib. I know you can use INFILE for several files in the control file but I have several hundred files to upload so this isn't practical. Can I pass the directory name as an INFILE parameter?
Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

On Unix you shouldn't worry about that. See this example :
[ora102 work db102]$ cat test11.dat
aaaaa,bbbbb
ccccc,ddddd
eeeee,fffff
[ora102 work db102]$ cat test12.dat
ggggg,hhhhh
jjjjj,kkkkk
lllll,mmmmm
[ora102 work db102]$ cat test13.dat
nnnnn,ooooo
ppppp,qqqqq
rrrrr,sssss
[ora102 work db102]$ cat load.sh
CTL=load.ctl
echo "load data" > $CTL
for DAT in test1*.dat
do
        echo "INFILE "$DAT >> $CTL
done
echo "replace"                  >> $CTL
echo "INTO TABLE test1"         >> $CTL
echo "fields terminated by ','" >> $CTL
echo "trailing nullcols"        >> $CTL
echo "( a, b )"                 >> $CTL
sqlldr test/test control=load.ctl
[ora102 work db102]$ ./load.sh
SQL*Loader: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Mon Oct 2 11:45:44 2006
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle.  All rights reserved.
Commit point reached - logical record count 3
Commit point reached - logical record count 6
Commit point reached - logical record count 9
[ora102 work db102]$ sqlplus test/test
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Mon Oct 2 11:45:49 2006
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle.  All rights reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
TEST@db102 SQL> select * from test1 order by a,b;
A                    B
aaaaa                bbbbb
ccccc                ddddd
eeeee                fffff
ggggg                hhhhh
jjjjj                kkkkk
lllll                mmmmm
nnnnn                ooooo
ppppp                qqqqq
rrrrr                sssss
9 rows selected.
TEST@db102 SQL>