Spooling into a "pipe" file & concurrently SQL Loading from the same is even faster as the Loading Starts off even while the spool is underway i.e. being built . Both spool & Load Run concurrently . Also NO Disk space is consumed.
HTH -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 1:35 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Thanks Tanel We will undoubtedly use export/import for the many small tables. We are looking for alternatives that will perform even faster. The insert phase seems to be the slowest part, and that is where SQL*Loader in direct path really shines. Now the next issue is how to produce a CSV file as fast as possible, and so far it looks like Jared's Perl program is the clear winner. Dennis Williams DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 1:05 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi! Spooling from sqlplus is VERY slow. Is the source database Oracle? Then use export/import If not, is there an ODBC driver for source database? Then use Oracle heterogenous services and do your transfer directly, without any intermediate files. Or use some very expensive software for doing this simple job... Tanel. P.S. if you definitely want to spool to textfile fast, Sparky could be what you want... ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 7:24 PM > Jared - Thanks for posting this. At the moment, we are preparing to move > large database to a new server. Based on the advice you posted several > months ago, we have been testing SQL*Loader and as you predicted, it is > indeed fast. But also as you predicted, using SQL*Plus to create a CSV isn't > very fast. Am I correct in assuming the dump.sql will not be the best choice > for large tables? We are installing perl since you mentioned that would > probably be much faster. > > Dennis Williams > DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA > Lifetouch, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 9:40 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > http://www.cybcon.com/~jkstill/util/dump/dump.html > > On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 05:39, Imran Ashraf wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Whats the best way to write the results of a SQL query to a CSV file? > > > > Thanks. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Hotmail messages direct to your mobile phone > http://www.msn.co.uk/msnmobile > > > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > > -- > > Author: Imran Ashraf > > 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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