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create table as nologging is the tried and true best way to do handle this. i believe its tom kytes recommended way of handling this also on asktom.
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> This depends on your application, but another way might be as follows:
>
> 1. Copy your table to another area.
> 2. Truncate your original table (truncate is much faster without the =
> undo
> problem).
> 3. Insert into the original table from the copy for the records you want
> to keep.
-- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-lReceived on Tue Feb 08 2005 - 11:18:53 CST
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