Re: Quick and dirty way to compare table contents

Thanks Luis and Guang.
I personally like spool&diff option but my boss doesn't, so can't use that. minus option is not an option because tables are in different databases, no link.

On 2/22/06, Guang Mei <GMei_at_ph.com> wrote:
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> If you only need to compare the contents , you can use
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> select * from table1 minus select * from table2;
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> select * from table2 minus select * from table1;
>
> Guang
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:
> oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org]*On Behalf Of *Ranko Mosic
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 22, 2006 2:40 PM
> *To:* _oracle_L_list
> *Subject:* Quick and dirty way to compare table contents
>
> Hi list,
> I need to quckly compare tables in 2 schemas to verify contents are
> identical.
> Counting blocks/rows, using tools to compare schemas is not possible.
> Something similar to checksum mechanism is requested. Any ideas ?
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> Regards,
> Ranko Mosic
> Contract Senior Oracle DBA
> B. Eng, Oracle 10g, 9i Certified Database Professional
> Phone: 416-450-2785
> email: mosicr_at_rogers.com
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Regards,
Ranko Mosic
Contract Senior Oracle DBA
B. Eng, Oracle 10g, 9i Certified Database Professional
Phone: 416-450-2785
email: mosicr_at_rogers.com
http://ca.geocities.com/mosicr@rogers.com/ContractSeniorOracleDBARankoMosicMain.html

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