Want to batch import data from TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) files to Oracle ?
Using FileToDB, a native GUI tool, you can batch import data from TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) files to Oracle easily and fast, no need to program, just a few mouse clicks!
Support Windows, Linux, macOS.
Support large TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) files (big than 4GB).
Support multiple PIPE file encodings: ANSI, UTF-8, UTF-8BOM, UCS-2LE (Unicode Little Endian), UCS-2BE (Unicode Big Endian), CP1250 (Central European), CP1251 (Cyrillic), CP1252 (Western European), CP1253 (Greek), CP1254 (Turkish ), CP1255 (Hebrew), CP1256 (Arabic), CP1257 (Baltic), CP1258 (Vietnamese), CP437 (United States), CP850 (Western European), CP852 (Central European), CP866 (Cyrillic), CP874 (Thai), CP932 (Japanese), CP936 (Chinese Simplified), CP949 (Korean), CP950 (Chinese Traditional), ISO-8859-1 (Western European), ISO-8859-2 (Central European), ISO-8859-15 (Latin 9), KOI-8 (Cyrillic), Macintosh (Western European).
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Batch import data from TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) files to Oracle
Choose Oracle and logon.
Click “Wizard – N Files To 1 Table” at task dialog.
Select the “TXT” file type.
then show the wizard.
1. Select a folder that constains TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) files.
2. Config first TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) file importing options.
3. Select a Oracle table and config fields.
4. Preview data.
5. Import TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) files to the Oracle table.
View imported data
You can schedule and automate this converting task by:
1) Save session and create .bat file.
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TXT → Oracle reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in TXT | in Oracle |
|---|---|---|
| Int | 1234, or right-aligned in a fixed-width column | NUMBER(10) |
| Bigint | 9007199254740993 | NUMBER(19) |
| Decimal | 1234.56 | NUMBER(p,s) |
| Float | 1.234e+10 | BINARY_DOUBLE |
| Text | written as-is; padding depends on the chosen layout | VARCHAR2(n) |
| Long text | written as-is | CLOB |
| Date | whatever the writer chose | DATE |
| Datetime | whatever the writer chose | TIMESTAMP |
| Binary | not representable | BLOB |
| Boolean | Y / N, or 1 / 0, or TRUE / FALSE | NUMBER(1) |
Dialect differences
TXT is a file format and Oracle is a database server, so the target has to be told the types the file never carried – the rows below are where the two sides diverge.
| Property | in TXT | in Oracle |
|---|---|---|
| port | — | 1521 |
| identifiers | None by convention | "double quotes" |
| row limit | — | FETCH FIRST n ROWS ONLY |
| dates | Whatever the writer produced; no convention is guaranteed | DATE, TIMESTAMP |
| long text | — | CLOB, NCLOB |
| binary | Not supported | BLOB, BFILE |
| separator | Whatever was chosen - often fixed column widths | — |
| encoding | No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM | — |
| typing | None - every field is text | — |
| shape | Free form; a parser has to be told the layout | Tables of rows and columns |
| ceiling | No formal limit | — |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| Oracle | exp / expdp |
| Oracle (load) | sqlldr (SQL*Loader) |
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