How to make a simple package the easy way

i want to make a very simple package that can be installed with pacman.
i just want to copy a few files from the package to the /usr directory.
i read the wiki on this but it seems pretty "overkill" for the thing i want to do.
perhaps someone can give me a little hint how this can be done...

It's not overkill - that's about all I can say.
If it doesn't depend on anything and is hugely simple the it can be very short e.g.:
# Contributor: dibblethewrecker <dibblethewrecker.at.jiwe.org>
pkgname=ibmonitor
pkgver=1.3
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Interactive linux console application which shows bandwidth consumed and total data transferred on all interfaces."
url="http://ibmonitor.sourceforge.net/"
license=""
depends=('perl')
source=(http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ibmonitor/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz)
md5sums=('6f37ee0b00b62822823cdbabc9d7419e')
build() {
cd $startdir/src/$pkgname
install -D -m755 ibmonitor $startdir/pkg/usr/bin/ibmonitor
That is a "perfect" PKGBUILD, it doesn't get much simpler than that

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The destination table name is SPC_REP. Both are partitioned.
The trouble is my source table has 40 million rows, but I need to copy only 27 million related to a column which I will use a condition in where clause.
Ok, so I have some questions:
Question 1)
What's the fastest way to provide this copy?
Export/import, Insert into, sqlloader (this one I've never used)
Question 2)
I am planning to do this by export/import utility. But I don't want to waste time doing first the export process and only after all doing import process. I would like to do export and import simultaneously to save time as table has so many rows.
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If I use export/import I will not be able to create the copy table on the same schema as it is my source table, correct? Correct me, if I'm wrong...
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And any hint will be appreciated.

Export & import probably isn't the best solution here. It's not particularly fast, reuires that you create an additional copy of the data in your dump file, involves the cost of pulling all the data out of Oracle and puts it back in, etc.
Transportable tablespaces would be an option, assuming your partitioned table isn't in the same tablespace as a bunch of other opjects.
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NOLOGGING
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APPEND & NOLOGGING may be faster so I added that.
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Switching Computers: How Do I Transfer My Library The Easy Way?

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*The__MAN (my apologies for being so wordy)

Digging around a little more, I found this http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300173 and I think I'll answer my question.
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9. Press OK (the service 'ReadAll' will appear in the web reference list, within project explorer)
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using BydTest.ReadAll;
using System.Net;
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My BO's ID:E5F42697_MKIRST
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The two major pitfalls are:
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Really good! Thanks for sharing this!

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