I am giving the .ctl file, and data so that U can check it out with Oracle 8i, win 2000 prof. I am using . Data In file "DSB","ROHIT","ROHIT","" "DH","HAS","HARINAKSHI SHAH","" "DH","SWARUP","SWARUP DOCTOR","" "DH","DIPAN","DM FAMILY","" "","WH","WITH HELD","" control file. LOAD DATA INFILE 'SUB_GROUP.DAT' BADFILE 'SUB_GROUP.BAD' INSERT INTO TABLE SUB_GROUP FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"' TRAILING NULLCOLS ( SG_CAT , SG_CODE , SG_NAME , SG_MAIL ) -------- blank line Hope you will get some solution. bye sachin