The file would be owned by oracle on the client box. From: rjamya [mailto:rjamya@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 7:17 AM To: Dustin Hayden Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: sqlldr from remote machine Unless that file on client box is readable by sqlldr (running on server), this would be very difficult. I'd try moving the said file to server where sqlldr can access and then load it. Raj On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 7:05 AM, Dustin Hayden <DHayden@xxxxxxxxxx<mailto:DHayden@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: I need to run a script on a client machine that calls the sqlldr on the server and load a file on the local client box in unix. I know I can load sqlldr on the client box but can't really do that in this case. Anyone ever do this? -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l