Re: Need PL/SQL suggestion

Yes it is -

    alter table XXX nologging;
    insert /*+ append */ into XXX select cols from elsewhere;

No rollback, no redo (if there are no indices) Nominally as fast as sql*load direct load. Needs a commit afterwards.

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Jonathan Lewis
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Greg Akins wrote in message <04608828.422d05cc_at_usw-ex0108-059.remarq.com>...
>Oracle 8.0.5
>
>I have already included the dbms_sql truncate... And I
>drop the indexes before performing the insert.
>
>I take it the nologging isn't available in 8.0.5? Any
>other way to replicate the speed of an SQL*Plus 'Copy'
>
>-greg
>
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Received on Tue Oct 05 1999 - 14:30:12 CDT