Use LOAD when: <\/p>\n

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• Performance is critical. Load outperforms Import in all scenarios, sometimes by as much as a factor of 10 (May be closer to 6 times for UNIX systems).<\/li>\n
• You want to LOAD FROM CURSOR to avoid the creation of an intermediate file.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  Use IMPORT when: <\/p>\n

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  • You have smaller tables.<\/li>\n
  • You want additional “safety” in the case of an error.<\/li>\n
  • Target table needs to be created from the input file (applicable to PC\/IXF files only.)<\/li>\n
  • Logging of every inserted record is necessary.<\/li>\n
  • You require triggers to fire.<\/li>\n
  • You need to be able to update the table while appending data to the table.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    In general I would recommend IMPORT unless performance is absolutely critical or you have more than 10 million records (yes, that’s relatively arbitrary – the point is a LOT of data). The primary reason for this is that a botched load can send your entire table space into backup pending and leave you dead in the water. If you do decided to do a load, make sure you include steps to recover from the failed load (but that’s a topic for another day).<\/p>\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter<\/a> to stay up to date!<\/i>\n\nYou or someone you know looking to buy or sell?<\/i>\n<\/a>\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don't link to anything I don't use myself. You would think this should be self evident these days, but apparently not...<\/small><\/i>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Use LOAD when: Performance is critical. Load outperforms Import in all scenarios, sometimes by as much as a factor of 10 (May be closer to 6 times for UNIX systems). You want to LOAD FROM CURSOR to avoid the creation of an intermediate file. Use IMPORT when: You have smaller tables. You want additional “safety” … Continue reading Should I use DB2 LOAD or IMPORT?<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2UXeD-6A","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markjacobsen.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/markjacobsen.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/markjacobsen.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markjacobsen.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markjacobsen.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/markjacobsen.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":409,"href":"https:\/\/markjacobsen.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408\/revisions\/409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markjacobsen.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markjacobsen.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markjacobsen.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}