UTL_FILE or Sqlplus Spool

Hello all,
Could anybody suggest me if UTL_FILE or Sqlplus Spool has better performance to dump around one million rows in some 80+ text files. I googled for references, ended up with these two forum threads, with no clear clue on what to follow with:

http://www.dbasupport.com/forums/arc...p/t-44153.html
http://www.dbforums.com/showthread.php?t=1616497

Merry X-mas to all !!! :)

Thanking you all in advance,
gtcol

I would go with simple spool command.

Follow this rule:
If you can do the job in a single SQL statement, do it.
If it can not be done in SQL, use PL/SQL.

What about performance, as it is said, UTL_FILE is faster while reading/writing bulk number of records. Spool is better with smaller numbers.

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Originally Posted by gtcol

What about performance, as it is said, UTL_FILE is faster while reading/writing bulk number of records. Spool is better with smaller numbers.

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TEST, TEST, TEST

Sure Tamil,
I was just expecting some advices from the seniors as I don't have a dev db with me for the time being, for testing purpose.
Thanking you once again,
gtcol

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Originally Posted by gtcol

What about performance, as it is said, UTL_FILE is faster while reading/writing bulk number of records. Spool is better with smaller numbers.

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Is this a recurrent or a one-time task?

If it's a one-time task I'll go with sql spool solution, if this is a recurrent task I would go with pl/sql ult_file solution.

Thanks PAVB for your valuable input.
I did with sqlplus spool this time, but I am also working with a UTL_FILE script as I can see this task recurring in the future. And testing is still there. :D.

gtcol