Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD wrote:<br /><blockquote cite="mid:46C15C39FEB2C44BA555E356FBCD6FA41EB3A0@m0114.s-mxs.net"
type="cite"><blockquotetype="cite"><pre wrap="">IMHO, you should copy into a temporary table and the do a select <br
/>distinctfrom it into the table that you want.<br /></pre></blockquote><pre wrap=""><br />Which would be way too slow
fornormal operation :-(<br />We are talking about a "fast as possible" data load from a flat file<br />that may have
duplicates(or even data errors, but that <br />is another issue).<br /><br />Andreas<br /></pre></blockquote> Then the
IGNORE_DUPLICATEwould definitely be the way to go, if speed is the question...<br /><br /><br /><br />