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Re: HELP: How to DELETE millions of records (selectively)

From: Steve Adams <steveadams_at_acslink.net.au>
Date: 1997/06/19
Message-ID: <33a97580.6667071@nntp.peg.apc.org>#1/1

Hello Francisco,

What about 'create table as select ...' and then drop, rename and reindex?

HTH, Steve Adams

On Thu, 19 Jun 1997 19:34:01 +0000, Francisco Lameira <francisco.j.lameira_at_telecom.pt> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I'm using Oracle 7.1.6 on a Alpha (1 processor, 40 disks of 4.3 GB).
>
>I have some BIG problems, so I would like to know the following:
>
>- What's the fastest way of selectively delete 2 million records from a
>table containing 10 million records?
>
>- I know we can't disable Rollback but is there anything like that?
>
>Thankx in advance.
Received on Thu Jun 19 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT

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