Text file storing in a database table

Question

I have a text file, that contains so many lines in it,..
Now the problem is that.. I want to store my text file with the pl/sql code in a database table....
plz suggest, how to create a table and how to store that text file in a database table.....

Answer 1

The following code is tested and get the correct result (forms 10.1.2.0):
Connected to:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.1.0.7.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options
SQL> create table tclob  (col_lob clob);
Table created.
Declare
  file  TEXT_IO.FILE_TYPE;
  text  varchar2(10000);
  L$Clob CLOB;
Begin
  -- prepare CLOB object --
  dbms_lob.createtemporary( L$Clob, TRUE ) ;
  -- open text file --
  file := TEXT_IO.FOPEN( 'c:\forms.css', 'R' ) ;
  If TEXT_IO.IS_OPEN( file) Then
    -- start reazding file --
     Begin
       Loop
         TEXT_IO.GET_LINE( file, text );
         -- add the line to the CLOB variable --
            dbms_lob.writeappend (L$Clob, length(text), text);
       End loop;
    Exception
      when no_data_found then
        -- end of text file --
        TEXT_IO.FCLOSE(file);
      when others then
       null;
    End ;
    -- store the CLOB in the database --
    --Update tclob Set col_lob = L$Clob ;
    insert into tclob (col_lob) values (L$Clob);
    forms_ddl('commit');
       dbms_lob.freetemporary( L$Clob ) ;
  End if ;
exception
     when others then
     message(error_code || '-' || error_text);
End;Francois