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Simple inserts Slow (merged 6) [message #527429] Tue, 18 October 2011 02:20 Go to next message
zulfiqaralimemon
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I am inserting 200,000 records from excel file using vb application. It takes 45 minutes to load the data. How can improve the loading time. My database is in no archive mode. Is that due to redolog file size?

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Re: Simple inserts Slow [message #527441 is a reply to message #527429] Tue, 18 October 2011 02:41 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Without knowing how you do it, it is not possible to tell you how to improve it.

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Re: Simple inserts Slow [message #527445 is a reply to message #527441] Tue, 18 October 2011 02:58 Go to previous messageGo to next message
zulfiqaralimemon
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This is how i am inserting fixed columns from excel file.

Insert into table abc select col1,col2,.....col10 from dual union all select col1,col2,.....col10 from dual

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Re: Simple inserts Slow [message #528673 is a reply to message #527445] Wed, 26 October 2011 06:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I am guessing that you are doing ODBC from EXCEL? or that you are using an EXCEL extension to work with the database? In any event, the issues are likely the same as always:

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1) row at a time is slow at a time.

2) your insert is wicked big? Contains 200,000 select statements and union all? WOW!

You solution is likely to use BULK INSERT. I postulate that you have two options:

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1) change the way you are doing the insert in EXCEL so that you have one insert statement and you use an ARRAY SIZE setting of something like 1000.

2) dump the data to a text file and use SQLOADER which will load 200,000 rows in just a few seconds.

The fact that it takes 45 minutes to load a pitifully small number of rows should clue you that your method inside EXCEL is horribly flawed.

Good luck, Kevin

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Re: Simple inserts Slow [message #529036 is a reply to message #528673] Fri, 28 October 2011 07:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Vackar
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If you can issue the sql statements, and it's not being done vai some vb mapping object, then an additional option would be to use the append hint.

i.e.

insert /*+ APPEND */ into table_name values (x,y,z)


That should speed up the inserts quite dramatically.

Re: Simple inserts Slow [message #531438 is a reply to message #529036] Wed, 16 November 2011 03:25 Go to previous messageGo to next message
zulfiqaralimemon
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Basically programer is using the all these statements in vb program to upload data. from excel into database table.
Re: Simple inserts Slow [message #531516 is a reply to message #531438] Wed, 16 November 2011 06:58 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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so you have a home grown VB program and it reads the Excel sheet and loads to Oracle?

If so the have the developer do #1. Let the change their VB so that it is doing some form of bulk load. I would presume that the VB program has an array size parameter?

OR

Do #2. Toss away the VB program and have this developer write scripts to dump the Excel file to an ASCII file and use SQLLOADER to load it.

Kevin

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Re: Simple inserts Slow [message #531517 is a reply to message #531516] Wed, 16 November 2011 07:05 Go to previous message
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I would presume that the VB program has an array size parameter?


Yes, it has.

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