Age old question I guess, but looking for the up to date answer.
We have requirement to process up to 500,000 records of data currently held in a text file. Currently we process these through external C procedures and only totals are loaded into the database, Now we have a functional requirement which probably means we need to load all the records into a database table. Is sqlloader still the quickest option? What other options are there? We know that utl_file is too slow. External tables? Platform is 8.1.7 on AIX moving soon to 9i release 2 If there any up to date documents or discussion threads you can point me at please do so. John -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: John Dunn INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).