Yes, I am thinking about applying some function to all the data. Maybe summarize all numerical columns. I don't know what to do with character columns. On 2/22/06, Freeman, Donald <dofreeman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Sounds like you need a way to hash the whole table and compare the hash > results. I bet you could write a little procedure to do that. > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Ranko Mosic > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 22, 2006 2:40 PM > *To:* _oracle_L_list > *Subject:* Quick and dirty way to compare table contents > > Hi list, > I need to quckly compare tables in 2 schemas to verify contents are > identical. > Counting blocks/rows, using tools to compare schemas is not possible. > Something similar to checksum mechanism is requested. Any ideas ? > > -- > Regards, > Ranko Mosic > Contract Senior Oracle DBA > B. Eng, Oracle 10g, 9i Certified Database Professional > Phone: 416-450-2785 > email: mosicr@xxxxxxxxxx > http://ca.geocities.com/mosicr@xxxxxxxxxx/ContractSeniorOracleDBARankoMosicMain.html > > > > -- Regards, Ranko Mosic Contract Senior Oracle DBA B. Eng, Oracle 10g, 9i Certified Database Professional Phone: 416-450-2785 email: mosicr@xxxxxxxxxx http://ca.geocities.com/mosicr@xxxxxxxxxx/ContractSeniorOracleDBARankoMosicMain.html