--- Ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > uhhh... this is pretty easy. > > declare > type mytable is table of Whatever
should I really put whatever, or table%rowtype? > l_table mytable; > l_updatevalue mytable are both variables of the same type? > > begin > > select rowid, updateValue do you mean column-to-be-updated as opposed to "updatevalue"? > bulk collect into > l_table; > from table; > > now update off the rowid for your value. > > go through like 5000 records in the pl/sql table at a time. like how? Its not an array... > > end; > > ----- Original Message ----- > To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 7:29 PM > > > > 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). 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