Hi David,
If there is a remote possibility of loading this data back into Oracle XX
database (or any other, for that matter), then what you are doing makes
perfect sense. I used to unload data into flat files when I worked on the
mainframe systems a few years ago. And a few times we did have to load it
back into newer versions of the database. You are on the right track.
Regards,
- Kirti Deshpande
Verizon Information Services
http://www.superpages.com
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> From: David Turner [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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> Subject: historical data
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> We have to role off partitions of data every week and I am writing a
> script to
> write the data to comma separated files using utl_file. What I was
> wondering is
> does anyone have an alternative that is better? I thought about using
> export but
> thought it wouldn't be fun trying to import an export file into the latest
> version
> of Oracle 10 years down the road.
>
> Thanks, Dave
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