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Re: Delete no rollback

From: Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield_at_dial.pipex.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 20:32:28 +0100
Message-ID: <3d99f84f$0$1288$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com>


"Miko" <poncz_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:3b8c19dd.0210010112.61e0b239_at_posting.google.com...
> Can I make a delete query with no rollback?

No.

> I would like to delete 1,000,000 records from my DB but after running
> the delete query my DB returns an error about the rollback.
> I don't want to increase the rollback because I don't want this query
> to rollback.

Rollback segments are used for 2 purposes.

  1. To rollback the transaction either under your control of if the db dies meantime.
  2. To construct read-consistent images of data.

You need that rollback for a delete

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Niall Litchfield
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Audit Commission UK
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