Linked Server

Hi,

Is there a way to batch INSERTs from a linked server?

For example, I'm importing data into a sql db using the following linked server query.

SELECT * INTO SQLDB.dbo.Table_SS FROM OPENQUERY (ORACLELINK, 'SELECT * FROM SCHEMA.Table_Ora')

If the table Table_Ora has say 5 million rows..........is there anyway that we can batch the INSERTs so that the query will commit at say every 30 or 40k rows?

or any other better approaches?

Thanks,
Siva.

[503 byte] By [Siva116] at [2008-1-2]
# 1
There's a way for doing so in SQL, but you will not like it since it tends to unnecessary long times of execution. Much more suitable approach for this is a DTS / SSIS package (depending on version of MSSQL you are using) with Data Flow Task - in its settings you can specify the size, in rows, of such a batch.

Also, if this task was the only reason to create a linked server, you may easily get rid of it since DTS connects directly to the source server without any go-betweens.

Ennor at 2007-9-13 > top of Msdn Tech,SQL Server,Transact-SQL...

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