Bill,
If you are or will be retrieving more than say 10000 rows, I'd say do not
use BULK COLLECT (performance goes down)... instead use a pl/sql table of
records. But I'd say even with the inconvenience of specifying a separate
collection for each column, use for BULK BINDS for INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE is
worth the effort, as it really speeds up the processing.
Oracle recommends that for faster performance, instead of using a TABLE of
RECORDS, use a RECORD of TABLES. The speed benefit is due to the way data
elements storage technique implemented for these two types.
According to rumors, 9i is supposed to offer more, but I haven't got time
right now to test it out.
Raj
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