SQL*Loader - Skipping columns in the source file.

Hi
I have a comma delimted source file with 4 columns. I however only want to load columns 2 and 3 into my table using SQL*Loader. This seems like something that should be fairly simple but I can't seem to find any doc or examples of this.
Any guidance would be appreciated.
Thanks
Dave

Hello Dave,
Here is a sample of what you'll need to have in your control fileLOAD DATA
APPEND
INTO TABLE <target_table>
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
( column_1 FILLER
, column_2
, column_3
, column_4 FILLER
)Hope this helps,
Luke

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