Re: Transferring data from one table to another

Did you check out the SQL*Plus COPY command? Specifically in conjunction with SET ARRAYSIZE and SET COPYCOMMIT settings...

• Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 1:23 AM

> Thank you, Amjad,
> The problem is that then I have to write a procedure for each of the
tables.
> I was looking for something that could be set at database level and would
> apply to every table.
>
> Aleem
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 10:43 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: Transferring data from one table to another
>
> well if u wanna commit after 1000 records u could very well use a cursor
> and within the loop keep a counter which will indicate the no. of records
> inserted...upon reaching 1000 records just commit and reinitialize the
> counter..
>
> i have written the "Pseudo" code below:
>
> declare
> cursor c1 is
> SELECT * from schema2.abc;
> cntr number := 0;
> begin
> for c1_abc in c1 loop
> insert into schema1.abc values contained in c1_abc;
> cntr := cntr +1;
> if (cntr = 1000) then
> cntr := 0;
> commit;
> end if;
> end loop;
> /* the following commit is 4 last set of records that might not b
commited*/
> commit;
> end;
>
> rgds,
> Ams.
> www.medicomsoft.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 8:23 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> Hi,
>
> We are transferring data from one table in a schema to another table in
> another schema with identical fields using
> INSERT INTO schema1.abc (SELECT * from schema2.abc)
> The source table has 1.6 million records. The tablespace increases to
> consume full disk space and yet seems to be demanding more so the
operation
> doesn't complete.
>
> Is there a possibility to process commit after every 1,000 records?
> Is there any other way of doing it?
>
> TIA!
>
> Aleem
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