Text file to database

hi all.
please i need to read data seperated by coma from a text file and insert it in oracle database. how can i do this
thanx

Use this function (with Forms : TEXT_IO)
(Change PIPE-delimited line with comma -delimited )
create a FUNCTION in Program Unit
FUNCTION TOKEN (LINEBUF IN OUT VARCHAR2) RETURN VARCHAR2 IS
/* Returns the first token from the PIPE-delimited line */
/* passed as linebuf. Linebuf then has that token stripped */
/* so that subsequent calls return the second, third, etc. */
FIRST_TOKEN VARCHAR2(70);
PIPE_POS NUMBER;
BEGIN
PIPE_POS := INSTR(LINEBUF, ',');
IF PIPE_POS = 0 THEN
FIRST_TOKEN := LINEBUF;
LINEBUF := null;
ELSE
FIRST_TOKEN := SUBSTR(LINEBUF, 1, PIPE_POS - 1);
LINEBUF := SUBSTR(LINEBUF, PIPE_POS + 1);
END IF;
RETURN FIRST_TOKEN;
END;
Or If you are using 10gR2
Look
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/forms/htdocs/webutil/webutil.htm
or
http://www.oracle.com/technology/sample_code/products/forms/index.html
or Francois Degrelle Blog(There is a example)
http://fdegrelle.over-blog.com/
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