Re: External Tables (support DML)

From: Shakespeare <whatsin_at_xs4all.nl>
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 10:12:37 +0200
Message-ID: <47f5e2f7$0$14355$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>

"SePp" <C_o_z_m_o_at_gmx.de> schreef in bericht news:de549433-a702-4544-9193-04602b00c315_at_m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> On Apr 3, 8:37 pm, joel garry <joel-ga..._at_home.com> wrote:
>> On Apr 3, 9:30 am, SePp <C_o_z_..._at_gmx.de> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi all,
>>
>> > I have a question about Oracle and External tables.
>>
>> > Does Oracle official support external tables? I read some articles
>> > that it is possible with some workarounds, but is it also supported by
>> > Oracle?
>>
>> > Is it recommended to do DML on external table?
>>
>> Go to tahiti.oracle.com and put in the term:
>> external tables
>>
>> Look at the Overview of External Tables.
>>
>> jg
>> --
>> @home.com is bogus.http://www.exboyfriendjewelry.com/
>
> Neither data manipulation language (DML) operations nor index creation
> are allowed on an external table.
>
> Thx

But you CAN load data from Oracle into an external table (while creating it)

Shakespeare Received on Fri Apr 04 2008 - 03:12:37 CDT

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