Sql functions in sqlldr direct path

Hi
I am using oracle 9i(9.2) database,
What are the sql functions you can use in sqlldr direct path?
Thanks
MM

As far as I know there is no restriction, why do you ask?

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SQLLDR direct path allows duplicates in primary key

I would like to use sqlldr direct path to load millions of records in the table but direct path allows duplicates on the primary key constraints.
inserts duplicates
sqlldr deploy_ctl/deploy_ctl@dba01mdm control=ctl_test.ctl direct=true
primary key is enabled
I am not understanding the behavior that why primary key is still enabled -- (logically it should have disabled than inserted duplicates)
does not insert duplicates
sqlldr deploy_ctl/deploy_ctl@dba01mdm control=ctl_test.ctl
primary key is enabled
Please can I know if there is any work around to use direct path with primary constraints in place.

Dear,
Look at the following example
mhouri.world> drop table t1;
Table dropped.
mhouri.world> create table t1 (id number);
Table created.
mhouri.world> alter table t1 add constraint t1_pk primary key (id);
Table altered.
mhouri.world> select table_name, index_name, status
2 from user_indexes
3 where table_name = 'T1';
TABLE_NAME                     INDEX_NAME                     STATUS
T1                             T1_PK                          VALID
mhouri.world> select count(1) from t1;
COUNT(1)
         0                                                                      and here call sqlldr
C:\>sqlldr xxx/xxx@xxxx control=c.ctl bad=c.bad direct=trueAnd see what happen to the primary key index
mhouri.world> select count(1) from t1;
COUNT(1)
         4
mhouri.world> select * from t1;
        ID
         1
         2
         2
         3
mhouri.world> select table_name, index_name, status
2 from user_indexes
3 where table_name = 'T1';
TABLE_NAME                     INDEX_NAME                     STATUS
T1                             T1_PK                          UNUSABLE
mhouri.world> alter index t1_pk rebuild;
alter index t1_pk rebuild
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01452: cannot CREATE UNIQUE INDEX; duplicate keys found The primary key index is made unusable and this is why you have duplicate records
best regards
Mohamed Houri

SQL*Loader problem with direct path load

Hi all,
Its on Oracle 9.2
I have a sqlldr control file which has couple of columns like,
my_column_1 ,
my_column_2 "decode(:my_column_1,'ONE','AAA','TWO','BBB', :my_column_1)"
The table I am loading to is in user X and I am running the load from
user Y. Everything works fine with conventional path load (not direct
path) as grants are made for the table to user Y.
When I load the data with same control file with direct path, I get an
error ,
01031 - insufficient privileges
Is this anything to do with the syntex I have used in the control file
or its a privilege issue. If its a privilege issue which privilege is
that ?
I did following tests,
1) Load is run with conventional path load, from user Y and the decode
statement is in control file - Load works
2) Load is run with direct path load, from user Y and decode statement
is in control file - Load fails with above mentioned error
3) Load is run with direct path load, from user Y and decode IS REMOVED
from the control file - Load works (!!!)
What can be the conclusion? Way out ?
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You need to grant
grant lock any table to userY;
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Sqlldr direct path is taking more time.

Hi,
I wants to load a csv file into oracle database, Here the Database software is of Release 10.2.0.1.0 and the operating system of Redhat Linux.
The CSV is having data of 120 million records, firstly i tried with the option of using insert /*+ APPEND */ into CAPTOR_TDR_MSC
where this table is an external table, to complete this task it has taken 40 mins.
Then i tried with the option :
sqlldr captor/captor control=captor_csv.ctl log=direct.log errors=500000 direct=true
it has taken 01:21:00.30 much of time. I assume that direct = true directly writes to data, and is better option than using insert /*+ APPEND */ into.... option.
Can you please explain me whats happened exactly for the slowness to load the data using direct=true option.
Thanks in Advance.

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DIRECT PATH LOAD의 개념 및 사용 방법

제품 : ORACLE SERVER
작성날짜 : 1998-11-27
매우 많은 양의 데이타를 빠른 시간 내에 load하고자하는 경우 direct path load를
사용할 수 있다. 여기에서 이러한 direct path load의 자세한 개념 및 사용방법,
사용 시 고려해야 할 점 등을 설명한다.
1. conventional path load
일반적인 sql*loader를 이용한 방법은 존재하는 table에 datafile 내의 data를
SQL의 INSERT command를 이용하여 insert시킨다. 이렇게 SQL command를
이용하기 때문에 각각의 데이타를 위한 insert command가 생성되어 parsing되는
과정이 필요하며, 먼저 bind array buffer (data block buffer) 내에 insert되는
데이타를 입력시킨 후 이것을 disk에 write하게 된다.
conventional path load를 사용하여야 하는 경우는 다음과 같다.
--- load 중에 table을 index를 이용하여 access하여야 하는 경우
direct load중에는 index가 'direct load state'가 되어 사용이 불가능하다.
--- load 중에 index를 사용하지 않고 table을 update나 insert등을 수행해야
하는 경우
direct load 중에는 table에 exclusive write(X) lock을 건다.
--- SQL*NET을 통해 load를 수행해야 하는 경우
--- clustered table에 load하여야 하는 경우
--- index가 걸려 있는 큰 table에 적은 수의 데이타를 load하고자 할 때
--- referential이나 check integrity가 정의되어 있는 큰 table에
load하고자 할 때
--- data field에 SQL function을 사용하여 load하고자 할 때
2. direct path load의 수행 원리
Direct Path Loads는 다음과 같은 특징들로 인하여 매우 많은 양의 데이타를
빠른 시간에 load하고자 할 때 이용하는 것이 바람직하다.
(1) SQL INSERT 문장을 generate하여 수행하지 않는다.
(2) memory 내의 bind array buffer를 이용하지 않고 database block의
format과 같은 data
block을 memory에 만들어 데이타를 넣은 후 그대로 disk에 write한다.
memory 내의 block buffer와 disk의 block은 그 format이 다르다.
(3) load 시작 시에 table에 lock을 걸고 load가 끝나면 release시킨다.
(4) table의 HWM (High Water Mark) 윗 부분의 block에 data를 load한다.
HWM는 table에 data가 insert됨에 따라 계속 늘어나고 truncate 외에는
줄어들게 하지 못한다.
그러므로, 항상 완전히 빈 새로운 block을 할당받아 data를 입력시키게 된다.
(5) instance failure가 발생하여도 redo log file을 필요로 하지 않는다.
(6) UNDO information을 발생시키지 않는다.
즉 rollback segment를 사용하지 않는다.
(7) OS에서 asynchronous I/O가 가능하다면, 복수개의 buffer에 의해서 동시에
data를 읽어서 buffer에 write하면서 buffer에서 disk로 write할 수 있다.
(8) parallel option을 이용하면 더욱 성능을 향상시킬 수 있다.
3. direct path load의 사용방법 및 options
direct path load를 사용하기 위한 view들은 다음 script에 포함어 있으며,
미리 sys user로 수행되어야 한다. 단 이 script는 catalog.sql에 포함되어 있어,
db 구성 시에 이미 수행되어진다.
@$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/catldr.sql
direct path load를 사용하기 위해서는 일반적인 sqlload 명령문에 DIRECT=TRUE를
포함시키기만 하면 된다. 다음과 같이 기술하면 된다.
sqlload username/password control=loadtest.ctl direct=true
이 direct path load를 사용 시에 고려할 만한 추가적인 option 및 control file
내에 기술 가능한 clause들을 살펴본다.
(1) ROWS = n
conventional path load에서 rows는 default가 64이며, rows에 지정된 갯수
만큼의 row가 load되면 commit이 발생한다. 이와 비슷하게 direct load
path에서는 rows option을 이용하여 data save를 이루며, data save가 발생하면
data는 기존 table에 포함되어 입력된 data를 잃지 않게 된다.
단 이 때 direct path load는 모든 data가 load된 다음에야 index가
구성되므로 data save가 발생하여도 index는 여전히 direct load state로
사용하지 못하게 된다.
direct path load에서 이 rows의 default값은 unlimited이며, 지정된 값이
database block을 채우지 못하면 block을 완전히 채우는 값으로 올림하여,
partial block이 생성되지 않도록 한다.
(2) PIECED clause
control file내에 column_spec datatype_spec PIECED 순으로 기술하는
것으로서 direct path load에만 유효하다. LONG type과 같이 하나의 data가
maximum buffer size보다 큰 경우 하나의 data를 여러번에 나누어 load하는
것이다. 이 option은 table의 맨 마지막 field
하나에만 적용가능하며, index column인 경우에는 사용할 수 없다.
그리고 load도중 data에 문제가 있는 경우 현재 load되는 data의 잘린 부분만
bad file에 기록되게 된다. 왜냐하면 이전 조각은 이미 datafile에 기록되어
buffer에는 남아있지 않기 때문이다.
(3) READBUFFERS = n (default is 4)
만약 매우 큰 data가 마지막 field가 아니거나 index의 한 부분인 경우
PIECED option을 사용할 수 없다. 이러한 경우 buffer size를 증가시켜야
하는데 이것은 readbuffers option을 이용하면 된다. default buffer갯수는
4개이며, 만약 data load중 ORA-2374(No more slots for read buffer
queue) message가 나타나면, buffer갯수가 부족한 것이므로 늘려주도록 한다.
단 일반적으로는 이 option을 이용하여 값을 늘린다하더라도 system
overhead만 증가하고 performance의 향상은 기대하기 어렵다.
4. direct path load에서의 index 처리
direct path load에서 인덱스를 생성하는 절차는 다음과 같다.
(1) data가 table에 load된다.
(2) load된 data의 key 부분이 temporary segment에 copy되어 sort된다.
(3) 기존에 존재하던 index와 (2)에 의해서 정렬된 key가 merge된다.
(4) (3)에 의해서 새로운 index가 만들어진다.
기존에 존재하던 index와 temporary segment, 그리고 새로 만들어지는 index가
merge가 완전히 끝날 때까지 모두 존재한다.
(5) old index와 temporary segment는 지워진다.
이와 같은 절차에 반해 conventional path load는 data가 insert될 때마다 한
row 씩 index에 첨가된다. 그러므로 temporary storage space는 필요하지 않지만
direct path load에 비해 index 생성 시간도 느리고, index tree의 balancing도
떨어지게 된다.
index생성 시 필요한 temporary space는 다음과 같은 공식에 의해 예측되어질 수
있다.
1.3 * key_storage
key_storage = (number_of_rows) * (10 + sum_of_column_sizes +
number_of_columns)
여기에서 1.3은 평균적으로 sort 시에 추가적으로 필요한 space를 위한 값이며,
전체 data가 완전히 순서가 거꾸로 된 경우에는 2, 전체가 미리 정렬된 경우라면
1을 적용하면 된다.
--- SINGLEROW clause
이와 같이 direct path load에서 index 생성 시 space를 많이 차지하는 문제점
때문에 resource가 부족한 경우에는 SINGLEROW option을 사용할 수 있다.
이 option은 controlfile 내에 다음과 같은 형태로 기술하며, direct path
load에만 사용 가능하다.
into tables table_name [sorted indexes...] singlerow
이 option을 사용하면 전체 data가 load된 뒤에 index가 구성되는 것이 아니라
data가 load됨에 따라 data 각각이 바로 index에 추가된다.
이 option은 기존에 미리 index가 존재하는 경우 index를 생성하는 동안
merge를 위해 space를 추가적으로 필요로 하는 것을 막고자 하는 것이므로
INSERT 시에는 사용하지 않고, APPEND시에만 사용하도록 하고 있다.
실제 새로 load할 data 보다 기존 table이 20배 이상 클 때 사용하도록 권하고
있다.
direct path load는 rollback information을 기록하지 않지만, 이 singlerow
option을 사용하면 insert되는 index에 대해 undo 정보를 rollback segment에
기록하게 된다.
그러나, 중간에 instance failure가 발생하면 data는 data save까지는 보존
되지만 index는 여전히 direct load state로 사용할 수 없게 된다.
--- Direct Load State
만약 direct path load가 성공적으로 끝나지 않으면 index는 direct load
state로 된다.
이 index를 통해 조회하고자 하면 다음과 같은 오류가 발생한다.
ORA-01502 : index 'SCOTT.DEPT_PK' is in direct load state.
index가 direct load state로 되는 원인을 구체적으로 살펴보면 다음과 같다.
(1) index가 생성되는 과정에서 space가 부족한 경우
(2) SORTED INDEXES clause가 사용되었으나, 실제 data는 정렬되어 있지 않은
경우
이러한 경우 data는 모두 load가 되고, index만이 direct load state로 된다.
(3) index 생성 도중 instance failure가 발생한 경우
(4) unique index가 지정되어 있는 컬럼에 중복된 data가 load되는 경우
특정 index가 direct load state인지를 확인하는 방법은 다음과 같다.
select index_name, status
from user_indexes
where table_name = TABLE_NAME';
만약 index가 direct load state로 나타나면 그 index는 drop하고 재생성
하여야만 사용할 수 있다. 단, direct load 중에는 모든 index가 direct
load state로 되었다가 load가 성공적으로 끝나면 자동으로 valid로 변경된다.
--- Pre-sorting (SORTED INDEX)
direct load 시 index구성을 위해서 정렬하는 시간을 줄이기 위해 미리 index
column에 대해서 data를 정렬하여 load시킬 수 있다. 이 때 control file 내에
SORTED INDEXES option을 다음과 같이 정의한다.
이 option은 direct path load 시에만 유효하며, 복수 개의 index에 대해서
지정가능하다.
into table table_name SORTED INDEXES (index_names_with_blank)
만약, 기존의 index가 이미 존재한다면, 새로운 key를 일시적으로 저장할 만큼
의 temporary storage가 필요하며, 기존 index가 없는 경우였다면, 이러한
temporary space도 필요하지 않다.
이와 같이 direct path load 시에 index 구성 시에는 기존 데이타가 있는 table에
load하는 경우 space도 추가적으로 들고, load가 완전히 성공적으로 끝나지 않으면
index를 재생성하여야 하므로, 일반적으로 direct path load 전에 미리 table의
index를 제거한 후 load가 모두 끝난 후 재생성하도록 한다.
5. Recovery
direct load는 기존 segment중간에 data를 insert하는 것이 아니라 완전히
새로운 block을 할당받아 정확히 write가 끝난 다음 해당 segment에 포함되기
때문에 instance failure시에는 redo log정보를 필요로 하지 않는다. 그러나
default로 direct load는 redo log에 입력되는 data를 기록하는데 이것은 media
recovery를 위한 것이다. 그러므로 archive log mode가 아니면 direct load에
생성된 redo log 정보는 불필요하게 되므로 NOARCHIVELOG mode시에는 항상
control file내에 UNRECOVERABLE이라는 option을 사용하여 redo log에 redo entry를 기록하지 않도록 한다.
data가 redo log 정보 없이 instance failure시에 data save까지는 보호되는데
반해 index는 무조건 direct load state가 되어 재생성하여야 한다. 그리고 data save이후의 load하고자 하는 table에 할당되었던 extent는 load된 data가
user에게 보여지지는 않지만 extent가 free space로 release되지는 않는다.
6. Integrity Constraints & Triggers
direct path load중 not null, unique, primary key constraint는 enable
상태로 존재한다. not null은 insert시에 check되고 unique는 load후 index를
구성하는 시점에 check된다.
그러나 check constraint와 referential constraint는 load가 시작되면서
disable상태로 된다. 전체 데이타가 load되고 난 후 이렇게 disable된
constraints를 enable시키려면 control file내에 REENABLE이라는 option을
지정하여야 한다. 이 reenable option은 각 constraint마다 지정할 수는 없으며
control file에 한번 지정하면 전체 integrity/check constraint에 영향을
미치게 된다. 만약 reenable되는 과정에서 constraint를 위배하는 data가
발견되면 해당 constraint는 enable되지 못하고 disabled status로 남게 되며,
이렇게 위배된 data를 확인하기 위해서는 reenable clause에 exceptions option을 다음과 같이 추가하면 된다.
reenable [exceptions table_name]
이 때 table_name은 $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/utlexcpt.sql을 다른
directory로copy하여 table이름을 exceptions가 아닌 다른 이름으로 만들어 수행시키면 된다.
insert trigger도 integrity/check constraint와 같이 direct load가 시작하는
시점에 disable되며, load가 끝나면 자동으로 enable된다. 단 enable되고 나서도
load에 의해 입력된 data에 대해 trigger가 fire되지는 않는다.

Errors when using sql loader direct path with a nvl functin on a date field

I thought I read in 10g that all sql functions now work in direct path mode.
the following function works without direct path mode. When we turn direct path mode on the load fails. When we take the function out in direct path mode it works.
mydate DATE "YYYY-MM-DD" "nvl(:mydatedate,to_date('9999-01-01','YYYY-MM-DD'))"
with direct path mode I get:
EVERY record gets rejected with this error.
Record 10: Rejected - Error on table MYTABLE
ORA-00604: error occurred at recursive SQL level 1
ORA-01861: literal does not match format string
again works fine without direct=true, works fine with direct=true if i get rid of the function.
any ideas?
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like usual your posts are completely useless daniel.
I could have swarn that oracle advertised that you can use functions with 9i or 10g release in the new features guys or the first releases.

SQL Loader choosing conventional path when direct path is requested

We have a mystery regarding SQL Loader choosing to load with conventional path even though direct path is requested.
We have a control file that produces direct-path loads and one which does not. The difference between them does not seem to account for the difference in behavior.
The following control file does not give us direct-path:
OPTIONS (
     SKIP=0,
     ERRORS=0,
     DIRECT=TRUE,
     NOLOGGING
LOAD DATA
INFILE "[file path]" "STR x'0A'"
BADFILE "[file path].bad"
DISCARDFILE "[file path].dsc"
DISCARDMAX 0
INSERT
INTO [schema name].[table name]
FIELDS TERMINATED BY X'2C'
OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '?'
TRAILING NULLCOLS
     C1_ACD_LINE_CD     CHAR(2000),
[column specifications continue]
)When running with this control file, the log shows:
Number to load: ALL
Number to skip: 0
Errors allowed: 0
Bind array:     64 rows, maximum of 256000 bytes
Continuation:    none specified
Path used:      Conventional
Table [schema name].[table name], loaded from every logical record.
Insert option in effect for this table: INSERT
TRAILING NULLCOLS option in effectIf we use a control file that is modified as follows:
OPTIONS (
     SKIP=0,
     ERRORS=0,
     DIRECT=TRUE,
     PARALLEL=TRUE,
     NOLOGGING
     )Then we do get direct-path load:
Number to load: ALL
Number to skip: 0
Errors allowed: 0
Continuation:    none specified
Path used:      Direct
Table [schema name].[table name], loaded from every logical record.
Insert option in effect for this table: INSERT
TRAILING NULLCOLS option in effectSo there is nothing about the table (constraints, triggers, etc.) that is preventing direct-path loads.
Now, we stumbled into this PARALLEL thing by accident - we are not really trying to do parallel loads.
In my reading of the Utilities guide (http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e22490/ldr_modes.htm#autoId64 ), the PARALLEL option lets SQL Loader tolerate multiple sessions loading to the same segment at once, but does not perform parallel processing itself. So, is it possible there is some other lock on the table is causing SQL Loader to block direct-path loads to the table (because of a previous SQL Loader direct-path load, perhaps) unless the PARALLEL option is invoked? If so, how do we recognize that state and how do we resolve it?
Version information:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.3.0 - 64bit Production
PL/SQL Release 11.2.0.3.0 - Production
CORE     11.2.0.3.0     Production
TNS for Solaris: Version 11.2.0.3.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 11.2.0.3.0 - Production
Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Mike

From the same link
>
To use a direct path load (except for parallel loads), SQL*Loader must have exclusive write access to the table and exclusive read/write access to any indexes.
>
So I suspect that when using only DIRECT=TRUE, Oracle is not able to get an exclusive lock on the required objects, so it uses the conventional mode.
From a later section
>
- Segments to be loaded do not have any active transactions pending.
To check for this condition, use the Oracle Enterprise Manager command MONITOR TABLE to find the object ID for the tables you want to load. Then use the command MONITOR LOCK to see if there are any locks on the tables.
>
Would be interested in knowing what you find
HTH
Srini

Direct Path Loading Issues with Global Temporary Tables - OCI & OCILib

I am writing some code to import data into a warehouse from a CPU grid which computes risk data. Due to the fact a computing grid is used there will be many clients which can load the data concurrently and at any point in time.
Currently the import uses Binding in OCCI and chunking with a prepared statement to import the data into a global temporary table in a staging area after which a stored procedure is called within the same session which will process the data and load the data into a star schema.
The GTT has the advantage that if any clients have issues no dirty data will be left and each client only sees their own instance of the data.
I have been looking at using direct path loading to increase the performance of the load and have written some OCI code to perform the same task. I have manged to import the data into a regular heap based table using the OCI direct path apis. However when I try and use the same code to import against a Global Temporary Table I get an OCI Error (ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [6979], [16], [1], [1318528], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [])
I get error when the function OCIDirPathPrepare is executed. The same issue occurs in both OCI and OCILib.
Is it not possible to use Direct Path Loading against a Global Temporry Table ? Because you can use the /*+ APPEND */ hint and load global temporary tables this way from tools like SQL Devloper / toad which is surely informing the SQL Engine to use Direct Path ?
Looking at the table USER_OBJECTS I can see that for a Global Temporary Table the DATA_OBJECT_ID is null. Does this mean that it is impossible to us a direct path load into Global Temporary Tables ?
Any ideas / suggestions would be really appreciated. If this means redesigning the application then I would appreciate suggestions which would allow many client to quick write processes in a parallel fashion. If this means creating a new parition in a Heap Table for each writer and direct path loading into this table then so be it.
Thanks
H
Edited by: 813640 on 19-Nov-2010 11:08

Replying to my own message in case anyone else is interested.
I have now managed to successfully load data using direct path into a global temporary table with OCI. There appears to be no reason why this approach will not work.
I loaded data into the temporary table and then issued a select count(*) on the table from within the session and from a new session. The results were as expected.
The resaon for the ORA-006000 error was due to the fact that I had enabled table level parallel loading
ie
OCIAttrSet((dvoid *) context, (ub4) OCI_HTYPE_DIRPATH_CTX, *(ub1) 1*, (ub4)0, (ub4) OCI_ATTR_DIRPATH_PARALLEL, errhp)
When loading a Global Temporary Table the OCI_ATTR_DIRPATH_PARALLEL attribute needs to be zero
This makes sense, since the temp table does not have any partitions so it would not be possible to write in parallel to multiple paritions.
Edited by: 813640 on 22-Nov-2010 08:42

SQL Loader direct path loads and unusable indexes

sorry about all the questions. I am researching several issues. I am reading the Utilities document. It says that in certain circumstances indexes will become unusable. I have some questions about my scenario.
1. tables partitioned by range
2. local indexes
3. all tables have 1 primary key and other indexes are non-unique
4. all sql loads will go into the most recent partition
5. users will be querying tables while sql loader is occurring
6. only one sql loader session will run per table
7. no foreign keys, triggers, or other constrants other than primary keys.
The docs are not clear. Do I have a concern about unusable indexes with direct path loads? Will indexes function while the sql loader direct path is occurring(this I can't test since I have small data files now and they load fast, but I will have larger ones in production).
My understanding is that Extertnal tables using Insert append is exactly the same as sql loader direct path load. Is this true?

if you dont have anything productive to say how about you don't post at all? you have made ignorant posts like this for years.
as far as reading the docs what do you think "the docs are not clear" means? By the docs I am referring to the utilities document.
As far as version number its 10.2 and I forgot that. However, it does not appear that sql loader has really changed all that much over the last few versions.
Finally I plan on testing it out and its more than a 2 minute test. I wanted to make sure I don't miss anythng in my tests.
don't respond to any threads or posts I make from now on.

Oracle Replication and SQL*Load direct Path

We are setting up Oracle replication and have a few tables which are loaded using SQL*Loader Direct path. I have following questions:
1. Can MultiMaster replication replicate direct patch sqlloaded data.
2. If the answer to the above question is no, should we set up a new snapshot replication group . All other tables are in the Multi Master replication.
3. Another question is on the number of replication groups. How many of these we should create. We have total of about 500 tables and database size is about 450 Gig. We plan to replicate all the tables and the refresh interval we want to be one minute for all the tables. Does having more/less replication groups help??
Thanks for your help

We are setting up Oracle replication and have a few tables which are loaded using SQL*Loader Direct path. I have following questions:
1. Can MultiMaster replication replicate direct patch sqlloaded data.Yes, I don't think it should matter how the table is getting updated.
2. If the answer to the above question is no, should we set up a new snapshot replication group . All other tables are in the Multi Master replication.see above
3. Another question is on the number of replication groups. How many of these we should create. We have total of about 500 tables and database size is about 450 Gig. We plan to replicate all the tables and the refresh interval we want to be one minute for all the tables. Does having more/less replication groups help??
Thanks for your help I believe what Oracle recommends is that you split up your tables into replication groups transactionally. I personally have 6 replication groups supporting 700+ tables. They are broken up more by business function than by number and size.

Using functions with direct path load

When loading data with sqlldr is it possible to have functions ( to alter the data) when loading in a direct path? Thanks

When loading data with sqlldr is it possible to have functions ( to alter the data) when loading in a direct path?Did you try it? Which version do you use?
How can I speed up the load?
Did you study chapter 11 in the utilities guide Conventional and Direct Path Loads?
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b28319/ldr_modes.htm#i1011553

Direct Path SQL Loader get error ORA-01555

Hi All,
11.2.0.1 DB
Has anyone here used sqlloader direct path option?
Is there special setting I need for the Undo TS?
I am testing my sqlloader direct path but I got error : ORA-01555: snapshot too old: rollback segment number 10 with name "_SYSSMU10$" too small
I am only testing 100 records and I shutdown the database. And I am only the one using it. :(
Does dropping the Undo TS and creating new one help resolve my issue?
Thanks a lot,
Kinz
Edited by: KinsaKaUy? on 07-Nov-2012 03:33

I drop my UNDOTS1 and recreate it to resolve if there are framentation in the TS itself , but to no avail, the same error persist :(
Record 1: Rejected - Error on table EMPLOYEE.
ORA-00604: error occurred at recursive SQL level 1
ORA-01555: snapshot too old: rollback segment number with name "" too small
SYSTEM                         ONLINE
_SYSSMU87_2780657351$          ONLINE
_SYSSMU88_120427686$           ONLINE
_SYSSMU89_1588874193$          ONLINE
_SYSSMU90_2571046414$          ONLINE
_SYSSMU91_1803654754$          ONLINE
_SYSSMU92_2477693864$          ONLINE
_SYSSMU93_1908993412$          ONLINE
_SYSSMU94_985867735$           ONLINE
_SYSSMU95_4165893730$          ONLINE
_SYSSMU96_1502488804$          ONLINE
_SYSSMU97_3533816217$          ONLINE
_SYSSMU98_3954380786$          ONLINE
_SYSSMU99_1314687851$          ONLINE
_SYSSMU100_3542148152$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU101_1249002234$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU102_1520886654$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU103_2785416951$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU104_1530388055$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU105_1995830672$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU106_4584952$            ONLINE
_SYSSMU107_1177768351$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU108_3896986945$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU109_2576315174$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU110_2786589320$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU111_1195961439$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU112_2612035115$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU113_1697198479$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU114_3939726644$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU115_467875145$          ONLINE
_SYSSMU116_2826382876$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU117_3650068864$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU118_92260707$           ONLINE
_SYSSMU119_2322108460$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU120_2583709550$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU121_1279604730$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU122_2128414833$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU123_1365970622$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU124_1855929876$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU125_1511578664$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU126_3219352797$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU127_2412556110$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU128_2102547636$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU129_447164998$          ONLINE
_SYSSMU130_3851265156$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU131_3046352603$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU132_2987406815$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU133_983809304$          ONLINE
_SYSSMU134_928979873$          ONLINE
_SYSSMU135_3248183819$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU136_811112856$          ONLINE
_SYSSMU137_1958351427$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU138_2222543$            ONLINE
_SYSSMU139_3962620689$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU140_2711665463$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU141_3724825495$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU142_1818253355$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU143_1370485269$         ONLINE
_SYSSMU144_2442636386$         ONLINE
59 rows selected.
SQL>Is there something missing in my sqlloader parameter? but if I use "ordinary" path it will load successfully. But not with "direct" path :( Any ideas please

SQL Loader, direct path and indexes on partition tables

Hi,
I have a big partitioned table and I have two indexes on it.
When I use SQL Loader to upload data to my table with using OPTIONS (DIRECT=TRUE) UNRECOVERABLE , then it takes almost half hour to load just one record!!
When I remove OPTIONS (DIRECT=TRUE), then it takes just two seconds to upload the same one record.
Am I missing anything? Can I use direct path load on indexed partitioned tables and have reasonable load time ?
An scheduled external job loads almost 100,000 records into this table every hour and I am trying to make the sql*loader performance it as fast as possible.
Any help would be appreciated,
Alan

Hi Alan,
How big is this table and what sort of indexes are they?
An index update using SQL*Loader unrecoverable direct path load is achieved by an isolated sort followed by a nologging merge of the old index and the new mini-index into a new index segment (this according to seminar notes by Jonathan Lewis). This will conceivably take a long time for a large table / large index.
Performance improvements? Are you loading all records into a new partition?
Cheers,
Colin

Cannot get Oracle sequence to be used with SQL Loader direct path load.

I attempted to load approximately 3 million rows from a flat file into a 10g database using SQL Loader direct path load. In order to generate a primary key for each of these rows I used a simple SQL expression which gets the next number of an Oracle sequence and assigned that to my primary key column inside the control file. The strange thing is no primary key was generated for each of these columns as I see the sequence was not advanced. Furthermore when I try to run a query to find the count on those rows which have this column as NOT NULL ,I get the total of all the rows even though on inspection this column is empty in each of the rows.
As far as I know, in the control file for a direct path load I am able to use a SQL Expression that returns simple scalar data which a NEXTVAL on a sequence does. (Oreilly Oracle SQL Loader The Definitive Guide p.184)
Does anybody why my primary key was not generated and furthermore why is this column in a query appear to be NOT NULL when in fact it has nothing in it?

Daniel,
I appreciate your response alot.
Now a follow on. You say that SQL*Loader is the fastest way to get data into Oracle Spatial even though the conventional path. How does SQL*Loader do this? Doesn't it use OCI?
I just can't help but think that coverting my data to SQL*Loader format, and then having it parse it and send it to the database in some form must be slower than me just sending whatever SQL Loader sends to the DB myself using OCI. Am I missing something?
The SQL Loader documentation seems to suggest that SQL*Loader just turns the input into alot of INSERT stateemnts. If so, can't I just do this?
My performance with OCI and INSERT statements isn't very good, but I believe I am doing one transaction per insert. Might I be as well off to concentrate on fine tuning my OCI based code using INSERTs?
I will actually do some time tests myself, but I would appreciate your opinion.
Once again thanks for the great info you have provided.

Index is unusable after using Direct path of SQL Loader

When using the Direct path of SQL Loader to load records from a comma(,) seperated file into a table, the index which I specify the records are sorted in becomes unusable. In the log file created by SQL Loader the error: "ORA-01409: NOSORT option may not be used; rows are not in ascending order" occurs. I am pre sorting the data in the order of the index, the index is a multi column index. The index and table prior to initiating SQL Loader are not empty and contain existing records.
Can anybody suggest a reason as to why this is happening even thought I am pre sorting the data in ascending order as per the index?
Brad.

Thanks for reply Gerald!
After further investigation I kind of answered my own question and found that the data I was loading was not in the order that Oracle was expecting. The problem stems from how the UNIX command SORT works compared to how data is ordered by in Oracle by the ORDER BY statement. I was using UNIX's SORT command to pre sort my data before loading it directly into Oracle.
UNIX's SORT seems to order Null's before anything else in ascending order, where as Oracle's ORDER BY order's Null values last for ascending order!
I got around this by putting in my pre-sorted data the highest printing ASCII character when ever a field was Null. The highest printing ASCII character is 'tilde' (~). As UNIX's SORT uses the ASCII collating sequence to determine the sort order the post-sorted data was sorted as per Oracle expected. And to not actually load up "~" into my Oracle table I just specified in the SQL*Loader control file for these fields, NULLIF (field_name = "~").

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