Partitioning question again

Hi ,

I've created a partitioned table. Now I need to insert about 70 million records from another table. My question is

1) Do I need to create the indexes for the partitioned table before doing the insert or after the inserts.
2) I'm planning to do a direct load using hint /* +APPEND */

Is it all right or do I need to write a pl/sql to insert and commit after certain no of lines ?

Thanks a lot
pst

1 First check the table has enough extents to accomodate the 70M rows, if not create the extents.

2 Sort the data file based on the primary key.

3 Create the index after the load.

4 Also consider Parallel Load with DIRECT option.

thanks , Tamil.
I'll create the indexes after the load.
To do the insert,

I enabled parallel query dml by

alter session enable parallel query dml;

then, I used hints like

INSERT /*+PARALLEL(test_httpaccesslog,4) */ INTO test_httpaccesslog NOLOGGING
(select /*+PARALLEL(x_accesslog,4)*/ *
from x_accesslog);

For a table of 19 million rows( , it took me exactly 20 minutes.
Does it work this way or can it be even faster.
Also,
How do I do parallel load with direct option.

Thanks a lot