Re: It took more than an hour to update 10,000 records

I knew, it'll come down to this:

run_sql_faster = true :-)

Igor Neyman, OCP DBA
ineyman_at_perceptron.com

• Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 4:34 PM

> Is there a parameter that I can tune in init.ora file to improve this
> process?
>
> Thanks,
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 2:00 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> Bind variables will not buy you anything. The time taken is mainly
dependent
> on the execution plan and the cardinality of the indexes being used. Also
> any overhead like updating a column that's part of an index, triggers,
> referential constraints, etc.
>
> Waleed
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 2:35 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> I run it on the server. How do I use bind variables?
>
> Thanks,
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 1:13 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> From the look of your sql statements it seems that each
> statement will be hard parsed because the values are different.
> If you will use bind variables you can save a lot of time.
>
> Is the script runs on the server or from another computer?
> If you run the script from another computer you also have the
> network time added.
>
> Yechiel Adar
> Mehish
> ----- Original Message -----
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 6:24 PM
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I write a script to update 10,000 records in my database and noticed it
> took
> > more than an hour to update 10,000 records. The script just includes
> 10,000
> > SQL update commands as shown below. Is the time too long to update
10,000
> > records? Is it a way to improve the update task to run faster. Please
> > advise.
> >
> > *** A portion of my update script is shown below:
> >
> > update dbimpl.npa_nxx set ported_flag = 1 where nxx_id = 206 and npa_id
=
> > 201 and lata_id = 224;
> >
> > update dbimpl.npa_nxx set ported_flag = 1 where nxx_id = 207 and npa_id
=
> > 201 and lata_id = 224;
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > David
> > --
> > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com
> > --
> > Author: Nguyen, David M
> > INET: david.m.nguyen_at_xo.com
> >
> > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051
> > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message
> > to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in
> > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L
> > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may
> > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
>
> --
> Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com
> --
> Author: Yechiel Adar
> INET: adar76_at_inter.net.il
>
> Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051
> San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message
> to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in
> the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L
> (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may
> also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
> --
> Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com
> --
> Author: Nguyen, David M
> INET: david.m.nguyen_at_xo.com
>
> Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051
> San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message
> to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in
> the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L
> (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may
> also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
> --
> Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com
> --
> Author: Khedr, Waleed
> INET: Waleed.Khedr_at_FMR.COM
>
> Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051
> San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message
> to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in
> the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L
> (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may
> also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
> --
> Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com
> --
> Author: Nguyen, David M
> INET: david.m.nguyen_at_xo.com
>
> Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051
> San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message
> to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in
> the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L
> (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may
> also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).

-- 
Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com
-- 
Author: Igor Neyman
  INET: ineyman_at_perceptron.com

Fat City Network Services    -- (858) 538-5051  FAX: (858) 538-5051
San Diego, California        -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists
--------------------------------------------------------------------
To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message
to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in
the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L
(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from).  You may
also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).