If you have oracle version 9i then why not try external tables - which will take almost no time in converting a file into a table. Regards Ajeet On 6/15/07, Ram Srinivasan <srinivasanram2004@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
All: Is SQLLDR faster or UTL_FILE utility faster? For loads of 130 million rows with about 200 columns, which tool is better? We are on 8.1.7 on Sun server. Thanks for your input. -- Sincerely Ram Srinivasan Charlottesville, VA.