I have only one cursor which selects the max sequence number and all the records before that sequence number are deleted. I was just wondering if oracle 9i has a truncate like option to delete records with nologging option. We are in the process of partitioning but it might take couple of weeks to implement that option Thanks Sonia P. --- "Aponte, Tony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How are you selecting the rows to be deleted? Is it > in one cursor driving a loop with incremental > commits or is it done via batch cycles of 10,000-row > delete ... from ...where commit; delete ... from > ...where commit; .............? > > Tony Aponte > > -----Original Message----- > From: sonia pajerowski > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 5:13 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: How to make deletes faster. > > > Hello All, > I have a non-partitioned table with 20 millions > records and growing. Every night a pl/sql stored > procedures deletes around 1 million rows 10,000 at a > time.Currently it is taking aroung 1 hour to delete > 1 > million messages. > Is there any way I can make deletes faster. I need > good suggestions. I have already tried all the > obvious > init.ora parameters like make_delete_faster=true but > they do not seem to work.:-) > > Thanks > Sonia > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games > http://sports.yahoo.com > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: sonia pajerowski > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: > (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet > access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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). >
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