I think it's not possible, unless the file is made available via nfs or so. I think so because afaik you can't supply a data-input-file to sqlldr with some sort of network identifier. So to sqlldr the file data-input-file should exist on the same machine where sqlldr exists. (With nfs you can make that happen) Is it a possibility to scp the data to the server? Then your script can handle everything locally on the server. Best Regards, Martijn -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l