That's what I thought. LIFO. 

Why does the order matter?
Can you sort the result to suit your needs? 

- Kirti 

--- Pradeep Kumar G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> When I queried the table to which SQL Loader loaded data from the .dat
> file, the first record in the table was the 50000th record and
> 49999,49998...........

                         
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> I think the query is displaying data from the table in the order in
> which rows were inserted by SQL*Loader.
> Whereas, the query to read the same data from the external table is
> reading the file from the first physical record. So it appears
> reversed..
> 
> - Kirti
> 
> Stephen Andert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  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 S! QL 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
>

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