Re: Master DB feeds another - how to synch?

On Wed, 30 Apr 2003 11:08:32 -0500, kaeli <infinite.possibilities_at_NOSPAMatt.net> wrote:

>
>Hi all,
>
>I am wondering what the most efficient way to accomplish a task might
>be.
>My database has a bunch of customers, orders, and other data in it.
>Another database, which is not mine, needs to be the feed for the
>customers and the orders. However, the tables are structured completely
>differently.
>At the moment, I use a java program to query the master DB (loop through
>all records) for all the data I need and put it where I need it. Some of
>this data is stuff I change the form of, like a numeric to a string (if
>it's someone from the US, the master DB has a 1. I change that to the
>string "US"). That program then must loop through all my records and
>remove things that were deleted from the master.
>This process is time consuming and resource intensive, as it has to loop
>through all the records (for specified tables) in both databases.
>Can anyone tell me a better way?
>If a customer or order is new, I must add it. If they have changed, I
>must update. If they have been deleted, I must delete.
>
>Both DBs are Oracle 8i on Solaris. I do not own the master and can't add
>triggers or change it in any way. I have query permissions only.
>
>TIA
>
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Just set up replication.

Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

To reply remove -verwijderdit from my e-mail address Received on Wed Apr 30 2003 - 13:05:45 CDT