Increasing Performance with Concurrent Conventional Path Loads

If triggers or integrity constraints pose a problem, but you want faster loading, then you should consider using concurrent conventional path loads. That is, use multiple load sessions executing concurrently on a multiple-CPU system. Split the input data files into separate files on logical record boundaries, and then load each such input data file with a conventional path load session. The resulting load has the following attributes:

• It is faster than a single conventional load on a multiple-CPU system, but probably not as fast as a direct load.

• Triggers fire, integrity constraints are applied to the loaded rows, and indexes are maintained using the standard DML execution logic.