Here is some untested code that might address some of the issues:
DECLARE
CURSOR pub14_cur IS
SELECT pub17.ROWID row_id,
pub14.mdate
FROM advdb.pub_14 pub14, advdb.pub pub_17
WHERE pub17.adno = pub14_rec.adno
AND pub17.pubno = pub14_rec.pubno
AND pub17.vno = pub14_rec.vno
AND pub17.pub_sysdate <> pub14_rec.mdate;
pub14_rec pub14_cur%ROWTYPE;
v_insert NUMBER(9,0) := 0;
BEGIN
OPEN pub14_cur;
LOOP
FETCH pub14_cur INTO pub14_rec;
EXIT WHEN pub14_cur%NOTFOUND;
UPDATE advdb.pub pub17
SET pub17.pub_sysdate = pub14_rec.mdate
WHERE pub17.ROWID = pub14_rec.row_id;
v_insert := v_insert + 1;
IF MOD(v_insert,1000) = 0
THEN COMMIT;
END IF;
END LOOP;
COMMIT;
CLOSE pub14_cur;
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE (v_insert||' records were
inserted.');
END;
Paul Bennett
>>> jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 01/26/04 02:41PM >>>
That will work, given Wolfgang's assumption
about uniqueness. But as it stands, Oracle will
have to execute two subqueries for every row
in the 18,000,000 row table (I'm not sure that
any of the optimizer versions is currently smart
enough to convert his query into a hash join
with subquery update - but don't take my word
for that, I haven't tested it).
The pl/sql loop will make a maximum of 500,000
probes into the 18,000,000 row table to update.
(I think we are also both assuming that all three
of the join columns are not null, but the pl/sql
may behave contrary to the OP's expectations
if that were the case).
Regards
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Igor Neyman" <ineyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 8:33 PM
Subject: [oracle-l] Re: PL/Sql Update Table runs 38 hrs (so far)
Agreed.
What about modified code Wolfgang suggested?
Igor Neyman, OCP DBA
ineyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx