I just have some test files about 1GB in size and I don't yet know the total number of records I'll be receiving. The process will insert and update and existing table. The External + merge looks promising. Thanks! Jon Knight --- Stephane Faroult <sfaroult@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ... To be more precise external table + MERGE. > > Stéphane Faroult > > David Sharples wrote: > > > define large and are they simple inserts or > updates? > > > > using external tables and simple sql might be > worth looking at > > > > > > On 2/16/06, *Jonathan Knight* > <knightjck_work@xxxxxxxxx > > <mailto:knightjck_work@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > > > My current project requires a largish daily > update to > > a database table. Is there any way to do this > with > > SQL*Loader? If not, I'm looking at loading to > a > > temporary table and kicking off a PL/SQL job > to update > > the affected records. > > > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l