Dennis, Thanks. Sorry for not being explicit about it. Since the table created is huge, I want to avoid the count(*) if I can get the number in some other way.
Arup ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 3:44 PM > Arup > select count(*) from table? > What is your goal? Corruption detection? > > > Dennis Williams > DBA > Lifetouch, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 2:34 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > List, > > When I create a table as select * from another table across a dblink, how do > I find out how many rows were created in the table? Is there a statistic > somewhere, documented or otherwise, that tells me how many rows were > fetched? > > Currently I am using a rather convoluted approach - using the statistic, > bytes received via SQL*Net to dblink, and dividing that by the average row > size to get an approximate idea of the number of rows. However, this > approximation is far from even reasonably accurate; and since the rowsize > can change radically, it can be way off the mark. Any help or pointers will > be highly appreciated. > > Thanks. > > Arup Nanda > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS > 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: Arup Nanda 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).
