Using sql loader to load data

Hi,
My name is Roshan. I'm pretty new to Oracle.
I'm trying to load some rows from a comma delimited ascii file to a table with 3 varchar2 fields using sql*loader. Can anybody give me an example ?
Thanks,
Roshan.

Here is some documentation that may help: http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96652/ch10.htm
Regards,
OTN

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<RevenueCBLCode />
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<SAARTServiceIDCode />
<MarginPercentRequired />
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<PriceType />
<ProductStatus>Active</ProductStatus>
<Compensable />
<Jurisdiction />
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<Availability />
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<Segment>SCG</Segment>
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<PSOCCode />
<USBilled />
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<AliasName />
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#1 - {thread:id=474031}, which is basically storing the XML in an Object Relational structure for parsing
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