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Table Archive and Purge [message #668433] Sun, 25 February 2018 04:41 Go to next message
gopikrish_6
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Hello All,
Need shell script for table archive and purging.

select * from TABLEA where sysdate<180 orderby last_upadate_dt desc;
insert into TABLEA_ARC as select * from TABLEA where sysdate<180;
commit;
delete table TABLEA where sysdate<180 orderby last_upadate_dt desc;
commit;

Kindly provide the shell scripts.

Re: Table Archive and Purge [message #668435 is a reply to message #668433] Sun, 25 February 2018 07:40 Go to previous messageGo to next message
BlackSwan
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sqlplus scott/tiger <<EOF
select * from TABLEA where sysdate<180 orderby last_upadate_dt desc;
insert into TABLEA_ARC as select * from TABLEA where sysdate<180;
commit;
delete table TABLEA where sysdate<180 orderby last_upadate_dt desc;
commit;
exit
EOF
Re: Table Archive and Purge [message #668436 is a reply to message #668433] Sun, 25 February 2018 08:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Solomon Yakobson
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sysdate<180 makes no sense. You probably meant last_update_dt < trunc(sysdate - 180) or last_update_dt < trunc(sysdate - 179), depending on your requirements.

SY.
Re: Table Archive and Purge [message #668437 is a reply to message #668436] Sun, 25 February 2018 11:01 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Littlefoot
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"180" smells like "6 months". If that's so, consider using ADD_MONTHS instead of subtracting hardcoded 180, such as

... where last_update_dt < add_months(trunc(sysdate), -6)
Re: Table Archive and Purge [message #668438 is a reply to message #668433] Sun, 25 February 2018 12:54 Go to previous messageGo to next message
John Watson
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I hope you will take this (and previous replies) as constructive criticism.

Are you working with an Oracle database, or some other product? The reason I ask is that this
delete table TABLEA where sysdate<180 orderby last_upadate_dt desc;
is not valid Oracle SQL. First, the word "table" should not be there, it will throw an ORA-00903 error. Second, you cannot apply an ORDER BY clause to a DELETE statement. Perhaps some other SQL implementations permit these?





Re: Table Archive and Purge [message #668448 is a reply to message #668438] Mon, 26 February 2018 03:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
cookiemonster
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Also the initial select is a complete waste of time. What are you going to do with that data? It's being inserted into the archive table anyway.
Re: Table Archive and Purge [message #668469 is a reply to message #668448] Mon, 26 February 2018 15:30 Go to previous message
Bill B
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Also, what column are you comparing sysdate - 180 days to?

for arguments sake say the date stamp in your table is last_upadate_dt then your code would be

insert into TABLEA_ARC 
select * from TABLEA where last_upadate_dt < trunc(sysdate-180);

delete table TABLEA 
where last_upadate_dt < trunc(sysdate-180);

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