Re: ignore_dup_row or ignore_dup_key

For Oracle EXCEPTION handling, is there any statement like: "On Error Resume Next" ?

For example, statement "Insert into tableA select col1, col2 from tableB" will not fail even if there are duplicate keys to be inserted.

Andy Hardy <aph_at_ahardy.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <7smpp0$294s$1_at_adenine.netfront.net>, Norris
> <johnnie_at_cooper.com.hk> writes

>>I need to insert a lot of data into a table and I want to filter out duplicate 
>>records.  Is it possible to create index with ignore_dup_row?
>>

> I don't think so.

> How about running this through PL/SQL and making use of EXCEPTION and
> the WHEN DUP_VAL_ON_INDEX then NULL?

> Andy
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