Inserting a text file to MySQL

Hi,

I am retrieving some text files from our Oracles server and been asked
to populate some feasible local server. So, obviously I selected MySQL,
though I haven't personally used it much. Now, I have a problem. How do
I store a text file in MySQL?

Since we have an unlimited Oracle DB licenses in our company, the DBAs
were pushing for Oracle as our local server too.

Sundar