Another option: make constraint DEFFERABLE and INITIALLY DEFFERED (if i spelled this correctly) In that case inforcement is done on the moment of commit. There is some limitations, however. PK must be base on a non-unique index in order to be defferable. But all FK should be fine.
HTH, -- Alexandre ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 11:49 AM > 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). > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Alexandre Gorbatchev 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).
