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Use SQL Script File to Create Table from Excel or CSV File

Asked by k_smee in Oracle 10.x

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Hi Experts,

I am working on a class assignment for Oracle SQL Plus. Part of the assignment is to create two tables using a script file. One of the tables "departments" only has 27 records so it is not too tedious to hand create it in the SQL scipt file which I run with "@Assign1Create.sql" from SQL> and all is fine.

The second table has a 60 records and 10 fields (cuurently in an Excel worksheet). He is asking that we create a SQL file that creates and populates the table with provided records. I can't find a way to do this without doing a lot of "hand entry". Is there a command that can be run from a script (.SQL) file that would import the records - either from the Excel worksheet or maybe if I were to convert the data to comma delimited?

See a snippet of the extent of my table building ability so far from the "departments" table.

Thanks,

KevinStart Free Trial 
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SPOOL Assign1.lst
SET ECHO ON
 
DROP TABLE departments purge;
 
CREATE TABLE departments (department_id       NUMBER(3)  NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
                       department_name    VARCHAR2(25) NOT NULL,
                       manager_id   NUMBER(3),
                       location_id NUMBER(4))
/
 
INSERT INTO departments
     VALUES (10,'Administration', 200, 1700)
/
 
INSERT INTO departments
     VALUES (20,'Marketing', 201, 1800)
/
 
INSERT INTO departments
     VALUES (30,'Purchasing', 114, 1700)
/
 
INSERT INTO departments
     VALUES (40,'Human Resources', 203, 2400)
/
 
INSERT INTO departments
     VALUES (50,'Shipping', 121, 1500)
/
 
INSERT INTO departments
     VALUES (60,'IT', 103, 1400)
/
 
INSERT INTO departments
     VALUES (70,'Public Relations', 204, 2700)
/
 
INSERT INTO departments
     VALUES (80,'Sales', 145, 2500)
/
 
INSERT INTO departments
     VALUES (90,'Executive', 100, 1700)
/
 
INSERT INTO departments
     VALUES (100,'Finance', 108, 1700)
/
 
INSERT INTO departments
     VALUES (110,'Accounting', 205, 1700)
/
 
INSERT INTO departments
     VALUES (120,'Treasury',NULL, 1700)
/
 
INSERT INTO departments
     VALUES (130,'Corporate Tax',NULL, 1700)
/
 
INSERT INTO departments
     VALUES (140,'Control and Credit',NULL, 1700)
/
 
INSERT INTO departments
     VALUES (150,'Shareholder Services',NULL, 1700)
/
 
INSERT INTO departments
     VALUES (160,'Benefits',NULL, 1700)
/
 
INSERT INTO departments
     VALUES (170,'Manufacturing',NULL, 1700)
/
 
INSERT INTO departments
     VALUES (180,'Construction',NULL, 1700)
/
 
INSERT INTO departments
     VALUES (190,'Contracting',NULL, 1700)
/
 
INSERT INTO departments
     VALUES (200,'Operatons',NULL, 1700)
/
 
INSERT INTO departments
     VALUES (210,'IT Support',NULL, 1700)
/
 
INSERT INTO departments
     VALUES (220,'NOC',NULL, 1700)
/
 
INSERT INTO departments
     VALUES (230,'IT Help Desk',NULL, 1700)
/
 
INSERT INTO departments
     VALUES (240,'Government Sales',NULL, 1700)
/
 
INSERT INTO departments
     VALUES (250,'Retail Sales',NULL, 1700)
/
 
INSERT INTO departments
     VALUES (260,'Recruiting',NULL, 1700)
/
 
INSERT INTO departments
     VALUES (270,'Payroll',NULL, 1700)
/
 
SELECT * FROM departments
/
 
SPOOL OFF
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