I think that you better delete all indexes that are not used in the selection of the records. Updating the indexes will add a long time to the run.
Yechiel Adar Mehish ----- Original Message ----- To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 4:03 PM > Hi all: > > Someone at my shop wants to delete about 20% of roes > in a table (200000 rows out of a million). He wants to > set a commit frequency (like every 1000 records or > so) > to keep the rbs under control. I am not aware of any > easy way to do it other then writing a procedure, but > I may be missing something here. Is there any simple > way to accomplish this? > > Also I have suggested instead of deleting 20% of the > rows, create a new table as a select and insert the > rest of the rows into it (then rebuild the indices and > rename). This can be done in nologging mode, without > redo logs and rbs segments. Is this a good idea to > try? > > thanks for any info > > Gene > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better > http://health.yahoo.com > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Gurelei > 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: Yechiel Adar 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).
