uhhh... this is pretty easy.
declare
type mytable is table of Whatever
l_table mytable;
l_updatevalue mytable
begin
select rowid, updateValue
bulk collect into
l_table;
from table;
now update off the rowid for your value.
go through like 5000 records in the pl/sql table at a time.
end;
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> huh???
>
> --- Ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > bulk collect the flag into a pl/sql table. forall with a limit clause
> > and then commit after hitting each limit.
> > this is on asktom.
>
> anything more down the earth for me please?
>
> thx
> maa
>
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 7:09 PM
> >
> >
> > > I have a table of about one million records.
> > >
> > > About 100,000 of them have a flag which I need it set to 0.
> > >
> > > Because of the size of the rollback segment, I cannot
> > > update them all and then commit, I need to do it in
> > > sets of 1000 records.
> > >
> > > Do I need a cursor for this?
> > >
> > > I had something like that:
> > > DECLARE
> > > I BINARY_INTEGER;
> > >
> > >
> > > Cursor MyCursor IS
> > > SELECT *
> > > FROM (Table_Name)
> > > WHERE (Condition)
> > > FOR UPDATE;
> > >
> > > BEGIN
> > > I := 0;
> > > FOR MyRec IN MyCursor LOOP
> > > UPDATE (Table_name)
> > > SET delete_flag = 1
> > > WHERE CURRENT OF MyCursor;
> > >
> > > I := I + 1;
> > > IF MOD(I, 1000) = 0 THEN
> > > COMMIT;
> > > END IF;
> > >
> > > END LOOP;
> > > END;
> > > /
> > >
> > > But "FOR UPDATE" does not really work well, and at the 1000th
> > record
> > > when it reaches the commit, its dropping out of the loop.
> > >
> > > Can I use ROWNUM to update them in batches of 1000 per time?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > maa
> > >
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