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SQL*LOADER is a databse tool provided by oracle to generate data into table from a flat file.

SQL Loader is used for generating data in database (Tables)  from a flat file

Eg a data in a text file can be inserted into the table. The format of the file in terms of records layour will determine the type of program which is to be written to insert the records from the file into the table.

Sql loader programs are called as control file and generally has an extension as .ctl . One should not be confused with this control file with the databse control file.

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