OH MY GOD!! Someone get out the red paint & mark the wall!! *-) Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA Oracle Certified 8i DBA -----Original Message----- From: Jared Still [mailto:jkstill@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 10:39 PM To: Goulet, Dick Cc: harvinder.singh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Oracle-->SQL Server Data transfer Contrary to the last time I checked, sqlplus is able=20 to write out via spool redirection slightly faster than perl=20 can. I guess Perl loses out on this test. Jared On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 11:12:22 -0700, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> = wrote: > On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 14:03:33 -0400, Goulet, Dick <dgoulet@xxxxxxxx> = wrote: > > look into UTL_FILE package. >=20 > Ugh. >=20 > Use perl. >=20 > It will be *much* faster than writing to a file through utl_file, and = with > no limitations. >=20 > It is also *very* easy to write. >=20 > Jared >=20 > -- > Jared Still > Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist >=20 --=20 Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l