SQL Loader Username in control file

Hi,
Im using SQL Loader to load data. Im going to execute this from a UNIX shell script.
Here, I have to pass UNIX user name and Oracle user name in the control file.
How and I do it?.
Thanks,
Kannan

Prashant Tejwani wrote:
Yup.
Now i get it.
You want to load the username of the person who is executing sql loader to load the data in table.
Right?
Well, for Oracle Username you can use:
EMP_ID CHAR(10),
EMP_NAME CHAR(40),
UPD_DATE "SYSDATE",
ORACLE_USER_NAME "user",
UNIX_USER_NAME "????????"
I am not sure if we can pass UNIX username because once we execute SQL loader, control file will be executed in Database environment and i dont think any unix syntaxes will hold good there.To achieve the unix username would require the unix script to generate the control file on-the-fly providing the unix username as a fixed value in the control file before it calls sql*loader with that generated control file.

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