SQL Loader Control File

SQL Loader is a Oracle provided utility to load the data or records from any external systems.
It can load .csv(Comma seperated values), Pipe delimited values.

In Oracle apps, there's a executable type called "SQL* Loader"
This kind of concurrent programs search for control file in $APPL_TOP/1.0.0/bin

Sample control file

OPTIONS (ERRORS=30000)
OPTIONS(SKIP=1)
   LOAD DATA
   INFILE '%1' --to get the file name as parameter from the concurrent program
   APPEND -- it can also be INSERT to insert into fresh tables
   INTO TABLE APPS.SERIAL_TABLE
   FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','  --Pipe delimited value (, or |)
   OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
   TRAILING NULLCOLS
  (
        SERIAL_NUMBER,
        MAX_COUNT,
        EXPIRY_DATE         "TO_DATE(TRIM(:EXPIRY_DATE),'MM/DD/YYYY')",
        TEMP_NAME         "REPLACE(:TEMPLATE_NAME,'|',',')",
        TEM_ID,
        EXT_DATE FILLER , -- FILLER option can be used above SQL loader Version 8i.
        --EXT_DATE          "TO_DATE(TRIM(:EXTRACT_DATE), 'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI')",
        --EXT_DATE         "TO_DATE(TRIM(:EXTRACT_DATE), 'MM/DD/YYYY HH:MI:SS PM')",
        BATCH_ID "trim(trailing ' ' from LTRIM(RTRIM(:BATCH_ID)))",
        STATUS CONSTANT 'NEW',
        CREATION_DATE SYSDATE,
        LAST_UPDATE_DATE SYSDATE,
        CREATED_BY     "-1",
        LAST_UPDATED_BY "-1"
  )


To Run the Control file
sqlldr apps/apps_pwd control=control_file_name.ctl