title: Oracle: importing records from tab delimited text file to database using pl-sql
body: <p>I have never worked with Oracle. This is the first time and the job is quite tricky. I have a text file with records delimited with tab. These records are to be imported into a database using pl-sql. I have searched online but the solutions suggests using SQL Loader utility. But the requirement is to do that using sql statements. No command line utility. Preferable the SP or UDF will take file path and database name as input parameters and it will import the records when executed. Is this possible? Can someone provide me sample sql statements or any link that explain this process step by step? Also note that there can be blank records in file. Thanks in advance. </p>