certainly sqlldr direct is the way to do until you could look at external tables in ver 9. The only advice I would add is that if you do go the external table route in v9, try get more benefit than just replacing sqlldr with some sql.
I've seen a few places where they adopted external tables but they still just loaded the data from the external into staging tables and then did some processing, where I think the aim should be to use the external table and possibly some pipelining to streamline the process. hth connor --- John Dunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Age old question I guess, but looking for the up to > date answer. > > > We have requirement to process up to 500,000 records > of data currently held > in > a text file. > > Currently we process these through external C > procedures and only totals are > > loaded into the database, Now we have a functional > requirement which > probably > means we need to load all the records into a > database table. > > Is sqlloader still the quickest option? > > What other options are there? We know that utl_file > is too slow. External > tables? > > Platform is 8.1.7 on AIX moving soon to 9i release 2 > > If there any up to date documents or discussion > threads you can point me at > please do so. > > John > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: John Dunn > 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). You may > also send the HELP command for other information > (like subscribing). > ===== Connor McDonald web: http://www.oracledba.co.uk web: http://www.oaktable.net email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "GIVE a man a fish and he will eat for a day. But TEACH him how to fish, and...he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: =?iso-8859-1?q?Connor=20McDonald?= 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). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
