Pradeep, I don't know what you mean when you say SQL*Loader is "starting from the 50,000th record and going up". If there are 50k records, are you saying it is not loading them? Or is it reading them from 50,000 then 49,999 (i.e. in revers order)? How are you determining what order they are being read?
Regarding external tables, the way they work is by reading the file from the first block to either the end or till it finds what it needs. Thus, external tables will read in the order the records are in the file. I stand ready for my ramblings to be corrected by anyone who can explain better :) Stephen >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/01/03 10:35PM >>> Dear All, I don't know whether SQL Loader behaves like this always or for me only. I am loading a .dat file which has 50000 records. I noticed that SQL loader is starting from the 50,000th record and going upwards, while external tables is starting from the 1st record and going downwards. Could somebody help me confirming this? Regards, Pradeep -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Pradeep Kumar G 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). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Stephen Andert 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).
