Re: merge command

Ok... Some thoughts...

What's the underlying faliure that caused the 3113?

What happens if you just try and copy the remote table to a local table and then merge between the two local tables?

Tim

Rachel Carmichael wrote:

>I'm testing an update process using MERGE. For reasons too complicated
>to go into (can you say "corporate politics"?) I have a login app in
>one database and the "real" admin users tables in another database. The
>users don't want to use database links to read the admin table
>real-time, they worry about the possibility of one database being down
>for maintenance and hanging up the second app. So I've got copies of
>the real tables in the login database.
>
>Clear as mud so far?
>
>Now I have to update the tables in the login database with the real
>data on a regular basis. I *could* set up replication, but these are
>tiny tiny TINY tables (I might have 34 rows in the largest one) and
>it's just not worth the effort.
>
>So I thought, use a database link to get the real data and use MERGE to
>get the data in. I get to play with a new command I've never used and
>pretend to be a real 9i DBA. First run through, so it should all be
>the INSERT part of the MERGE command.
>
>Works like a charm on the 5 row table.
>
>I keep getting "end of file on communication channel" on the 34 row
>table. This happens within 5 seconds of hitting enter.
>
>9.2.0.2 on Sun Solaris. For testing purposes, I'm actually linking back
>into the same database, different schema, via a dblink.
>
>I've looked at Metalink, the docs and even a bit into Tom Kyte's site
>(thanks Paul).... nothing.
>
>Any suggestions on where I should look next?
>
>I *could* just truncate and reload but the users are paranoid about the
>truncate happening and then not being able to reload and being left
>with no admin data
>
>Rachel
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