The following is an example of an external table that uses terminating delimiters. It is followed by a sample of the data file that can be used to load it.
CREATE TABLE emp_load (first_name CHAR(15), last_name CHAR(20), year_of_birth CHAR(4))
ORGANIZATION EXTERNAL (TYPE ORACLE_LOADER DEFAULT DIRECTORY ext_tab_dir
ACCESS PARAMETERS (FIELDS TERMINATED BY WHITESPACE)
LOCATION ('info.dat'));
Alvin Tolliver 1976
Kenneth Baer 1963
Mary Dube 1973