>
> I have just seen a nice feature provided by DB2 which seems very
useful
> to me.
> When importing huge amounts of data (dozens of gigs) with the help of
> COPY errors might occur from time to time (especially when migrating).
> The problem with COPY is that it stops after the first error. So if
the
> first problem occurs after 200.000.000 records it is somehow annoying
to
> do the entire stuff again. If we had an option telling COPY to log all
> problems into a logtable or into a separate logfile we could finish
the
> import and rollback the transaction after trying to import everything.
> This would help a lot when migrating or importing a lot of data
because
> all problems with an import could be fixed at once based on the
> exception table.
> Did anybody think about a feature like that in the past? Does it make
> sense to the group?
>
The same goes for me, sounds very useful. And if I didn't dream it,
I'm pretty sure there have been requests for a feature like that before.
Regards, Christoph
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