you might want to "disable" the FK's before loading. This will speed up the loading, and it will not upset you with ugly error messages. After loading... enable keys.
Keith Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 15:28:22 -0800 To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Fat City Network Services, San Diego, California It is probably a question of timing when Child records are loaded before Parents. It can be a question of table order or even record order (self referencing relationship). Once the data is loaded, enforcement of the constraint is easy because all of the data exists. Daniel W. Fink Sr. Oracle DBA MICROMEDEX 303.486.6456 -----Original Message----- [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 4:13 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Okay guys, Have foreign keys defined on large dw tables. When loading get foreign key errors. However, after load (w/o change in data and supposedly data it was barking on) could create fk's just fine on the same data elements involving the same data - I SWEAR. This does not make sense to me. Any ideas? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Keith Peterson INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (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).