I am guessing that unless a complicated set of solution some remote (rsh/ssh) commands are put in place, I too believe this is not possible . But then what is the rationale for doing so. What is the driver for requesting a solution like this where an easier solution can easily be put in place -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Martijn Bos Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 7:35 AM To: Dustin Hayden Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: sqlldr from remote machine 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 Please visit our website at http://financialservicesinc.ubs.com/wealth/E-maildisclaimer.html for important disclosures and information about our e-mail policies. For your protection, please do not transmit orders or instructions by e-mail or include account numbers, Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, passwords, or other personal information. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l