Yes, paresh is a slick program. I have used it myself to parallelize imports. Works great. On Dec 19, 2007 9:37 PM, Charles Schultz <sacrophyte@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I agree. Tony, thanks, that was close enough to what I was looking for. I > have to make some modifications to get_shell, but most of the rest is right > on. If anyone is interested, I can post the finished product after we test > it (meaning, get rid of my typos). > > On Dec 19, 2007 5:30 PM, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > That's the way it *should* be done. > > > > 1 queue, multiple servers. > > > > > > On Dec 19, 2007 11:14 AM, Tony Aponte <Tony_Aponte@xxxxxxxxx > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Try this to see if it fits your needs. I've used it to do pretty much > > the > > > same task you describe. The script accepts a degree of parallelism > > and an > > > input file containing commands to execute. > > > > > > > > > > > > http://sysadmintalk.com/showthread.php?threadid=762 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Tony Aponte > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > > > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > > On Behalf Of Charles Schultz > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 4:44 PM > > > To: Oracle-L > > > Subject: Script to build indexes in parallel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyone have a script to read a DDL file and build indexes using > > parallel > > > worker processes? Something in perl or shell would be preferable. I am > > > trying to work around data pump's slow "feature" of building indexes > > with > > > one query coordinator by extracting the metadata ddl and running them > > with > > > real parallelization. I was just getting started with a perl script > > using > > > fork but wanted to check here so as not to reinvent the wheel. > > > > > > -- > > > Charles Schultz > > > > > > > > -- > > Jared Still > > Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist > > > > > > -- > Charles Schultz -- Andrew W. Kerber 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'