huh??? --- Ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > bulk collect the flag into a pl/sql table. forall with a limit clause > and then commit after hitting each limit. > this is on asktom.
anything more down the earth for me please? thx maa > ----- Original Message ----- > To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 7:09 PM > > > > I have a table of about one million records. > > > > About 100,000 of them have a flag which I need it set to 0. > > > > Because of the size of the rollback segment, I cannot > > update them all and then commit, I need to do it in > > sets of 1000 records. > > > > Do I need a cursor for this? > > > > I had something like that: > > DECLARE > > I BINARY_INTEGER; > > > > > > Cursor MyCursor IS > > SELECT * > > FROM (Table_Name) > > WHERE (Condition) > > FOR UPDATE; > > > > BEGIN > > I := 0; > > FOR MyRec IN MyCursor LOOP > > UPDATE (Table_name) > > SET delete_flag = 1 > > WHERE CURRENT OF MyCursor; > > > > I := I + 1; > > IF MOD(I, 1000) = 0 THEN > > COMMIT; > > END IF; > > > > END LOOP; > > END; > > / > > > > But "FOR UPDATE" does not really work well, and at the 1000th > record > > when it reaches the commit, its dropping out of the loop. > > > > Can I use ROWNUM to update them in batches of 1000 per time? > > > > Thanks, > > maa > > > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > > -- > > Author: Maryann Atkinson > > 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). > > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Ryan > 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). __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: MaryAnn Atkinson 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).
