RE: How to do faster updates

From: Mercadante, Thomas F <NDATFM_at_labor.state.ny.us>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 10:18:27 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004CFB2C.20020913101827@fatcity.com>

Add an index using that column.

create a pl/sql block selecting the records to be updated and perform your update.

drop the index when finished.

Tom Mercadante
Oracle Certified Professional

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Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 1:59 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Hi All,

I've a table of 10 M records and I want to update some thousand records based on a column which is not a part of any index. Please suggest the quickest way to do this.

Thanks,
Rajesh
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