I don't think that connect command is put in .sql file. It should be in .bat file. Thank you any way, sbalasuriya. musdu. Commented: 2004-03-07. Hi, your first question: you are using sql loader (sqlldr) so you do not need sql plus to load your data. They are different tools. Sql loader is used to load data to database, sql plus is used to execute dml and ddl statements. When you execute your.