Re: external tables

From: Tanel Põder <tanel.poder.003_at_mail.ee>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 02:47:56 +0300
Message-ID: <02ac01c475c6$7c128760$36ae9fd9@porgand>

> The idea is, you can now perform sql on this 20gb flat file. You
> probably wouldn't want to use it
> directly in joins if it's that big but you can now easily distribute it.
> You can use it to merge into=20
> other tables or insert /*+ append */ for direct path access.

And Oracle claims that even PARALLEL option works on external tables...

Tanel.

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