Randy Harris wrote:
>I realize that it doesn't address the underlying political problems, but if
>this is a one time need... Why couldn't ColoC simply spool a SELECT DISTINCT
>to a file, TRUNCATE the table, then reload?
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I can come up with several reasons. One being the size of the data set:
It could easily be too large for that solution. The second being, as
Billy points out, that you don't work-around political problems or they
never go away. The OP needs to develop a mutually cooperative
relationship with the DBA.
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Received on Sun Sep 07 2003 - 10:24:07 CDT
