To copy a table

Can you tell me which is the fastest method to copy a table ?

Can I just do a create table as select * from table; will this generate any redo info. The table I'm trying to copy has around 6millions rows.
Or do I do an export ? or do I use a copy command?

Which do you think will be ideal. This is to copy a table within the same database.


Thanks a lot

pst.

you may be able to use the nologging option to stop redo being produced.

Hi,

You could use direct load insert.

Create table new_table
(col1 varchar1 ....... .. . .... ...)

Insert /*+ append */' into new_table
select * from old table

you can stop redo generation by issuing

alter table table name nologging; before direct load insert.

Direct load insert bypasses buffer cache and goes straight to datafile so is faster.

You can also do a parallel direct load insert, spawning multiple server processes to speed up the task further.

Suresh

..that's a clean solution.

Try parallel load it's lot faster. Make sure to understand the
concept and settings first otherwise it could go other way around too.

Have a fun.